Hawdon, Texas

Place in Fort Bend County, Texas

Hawdon was a town and rail station in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, alternately known as Howden, Hawdon Junction, and Arcola.^[1] It was located just north of Juliff, and south of Arcola.^[2] It was served by the International–Great Northern Railroad via the Columbia Branch.^[3]^[4]^[1] A rail switch was located at Hawdon to connect the Sugar Land Railroad near the (still extant) Palestine Missionary Baptist Church^[5] to House Junction.^[1] Passenger service ended in 1920, but the rail line through town lasted until the 1980s.^[1] The main road through town is Farm to Market Road 521.^[5]

29°28′43.85″N 95°28′20.79″W / 29.4788472°N 95.4724417°W / 29.4788472; -95.4724417

A church cemetery served the community at one time, but it has not been located.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Texas Railroad History - Towers 114 (Sugar Land), 161 (Arcola Junction) and 162 (Sugar Land Junction)
^ Major floods in Southeast Texas, Brazoria County, Brazos River, Houston Post, July 8, 1899.
^ Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Business Atlas Map of Texas, 1901, from The Enlarged Business and Shippers Guide, [1], p. 285 as "Hawdon."
^ Hawdon, Texas
^ ^a ^b 1870 church started by freed slaves in Hawdon and Life Yesterday
^ FB-C099, Howden Cemetery: Deed from Hugh Carter and wife to Palestine Baptist Church land being part of the William Hall League. 3 pages.

Municipalities and communities of Fort Bend County, Texas, United States

County seat: Richmond

Cities

Arcola
Beasley
Fulshear
Houston‡
Katy‡
Kendleton
Meadows Place
Missouri City‡
Needville
Orchard
Pearland‡
Richmond
Rosenberg
Simonton
Stafford‡
Sugar Land
Weston Lakes

Town

Thompsons

Villages

CDPs

Other
communities

Former communities

Ghost towns

Duke
Hawdon
Hobby
Long Point

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
±Former CDP annexed by Missouri City
^Former CDP annexed by Sugar Land
#Still active as a community, but is no longer listed as a census-designated place