Sugar Land, Texas
Sugar Land, Texas | |
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| City of Sugar Land | |
 Sugar Land Town Square, First Colony in 2010 | |
 Location in Fort Bend County, Texas | |
| Coordinates: 29°35′58″N 95°36′51″W / 29.59944°N 95.61417°WCoordinates: 29°35′58″N 95°36′51″W / 29.59944°N 95.61417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Fort Bend |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Council | Mayor Joe R. Zimmerman Himesh Gandhi Mary Joyce Steve Porter Bridget Yeung Amy Mitchell Carol McCutcheon |
| • City Manager | Allen Bogard |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.0 sq mi (88.1 km2) |
| • Land | 32.4 sq mi (83.9 km2) |
| • Water | 1.6 sq mi (4.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 100 ft (30 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 78,817 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 117,869 |
| • Density | 2,723/sq mi (1,051.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 77478-79, 77487, 77496, and 77498 |
| Area code(s) | Mostly 281 also 713, 832, and 346 |
| FIPS code | 48-70808 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1348034[1] |
| Website | www |
Sugar Land is a city in Texas. It is in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land big city area and Fort Bend County. It is one of the richest cities in Texas. It is growing very fast. It grew more than 158 percent in the last ten years.[2] As of the 2010 census, its population was 78,817. It is here that Miss Teen USA Katie Blair lived during her freshmen, sophomore and junior years.
Geography[change | change source]
Sugar Land has a total area of 34 square miles.
People[change | change source]
Sugar Land has 78,817 people living there.
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "City of Sugar Land - Press Room - Quick Facts". Sugarlandtx.gov. Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Sugar Land, Texas at Wikimedia Commons
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For a complete listing, see list of cities and towns in Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land MSA | |
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties ±Former community annexed by Missouri City ^Former community annexed by Sugar Land | |
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