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Richmond, Texas Official Website. Richmond is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Fort Bend County, within HoustonâThe WoodlandsâSugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 11,679. Richmond city boundaries are joined on one hand with Sugar Land and with the city of Rosenberg on the other hand.
The fort was called Fort Bend since it was built in the bend of the Brazos River. The city of Richmond was incorporated under the Republic of Texas along with nineteen other towns in 1837. Fort Bend County was created from parts of Austin, Harris, and Brazoria counties in 1838.