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NEEDVILLE, TX. NEEDVILLE, TEXAS. Needville is at the intersection of Farm roads 1236 and 360 and State Highway 36, fourteen miles south of Richmond in southern Fort Bend County. The community was established about 1891 by August Schendel, who built a home, a store, and a cotton gin on the high prairie and called it Schendelville.
History in a Pecan Shell. The town was the 1894 brainchild of Chicago land developer John Linderholm. Linderholm purchased 60,000 acres under the name Southern Texas Colonization Company. The surveyor of the proposed townsite was one William P. Chester - the town's namesake. Thanks to its railroad connection and a good first impression, the plan was successful.