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FRESNO,
TEXAS
Fort Bend County,
Gulf Coast
FM 521
20 Miles NE of Richmond
Population 6,603 (2000)
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courtesy Ken Rudine, July 2007 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
The name supposedly comes from a settler's hometown of Fresno, California.
Fresno's land was part of a Mexican land grant in 1822 and the area
was once part of a huge cotton plantation complex. A post office was
granted in 1910 and four years later the town could boast a population
that was approaching 33 residents. By the time the Great Depression
arrived there were only ten people left but after WWII
it reached 100, a figure it would keep for the next 25 years. It swelled
to 120 by 1970 but its proximity to Houston
would change things drastically. Fresno's population of 3,182 in 1990
more than doubled for the 2000 census where it stood at 6,603. |
The
mural on the Fresno Volunteer Fire Dept. Building
Photo courtesy Ken Rudine, July 2007 |
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