Powell Point, Texas
Unincorporated community
Powell Point Elementary School
Powell Point Elementary School
Powell Point is located in Texas
Powell Point
Powell Point
Powell Point is located in the United States
Powell Point
Powell Point
Coordinates: 29°28′46″N 96°1′22″W / 29.47944°N 96.02278°W / 29.47944; -96.02278
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyFort Bend
Elevation
108 ft (33 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code979
GNIS feature ID1344461[1]

Powell Point is an unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.[1] The community is located within the Greater Houston metropolitan area.

History

County highway maps from the 1930s showed the Powell Point settlement as comprising a church and a few homes. Maps of the area from the early 1990s indicated the location of a church and a cemetery.[2]

Geography

Powell Point is located on Farm to Market Road 2919, 2 mi (3.2 km) northwest of Kendleton in western Fort Bend County.[2]

Education

The Powell Point School was transferred from Kendleton to a neighboring black settlement in the 1890s. The school got its name from its position on the Elizabeth Powell land grant. It was listed on county maps in the 1930s and early 1990s, even though it joined the Kendleton ISD.[2]

Today, Powell Point is served by the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD).[3] Students are zoned to Beasley Elementary School in Beasley,[4] Wright Junior High School (grades 6-8),[5] and Randle High School.[6] The designated community college for LCISD is Wharton County Junior College.[7]

Previously, Kendleton Independent School District (KISD) operated Powell Point Elementary School in the community and served elementary school residents. Beginning in 1985 LCISD served secondary school students in the KISD territory.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Powell Point, Texas
  2. ^ a b c Powell Point, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fort Bend County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-21. - Compare with LCISD boundary maps and the TSHA description of Powell Point.
  4. ^ "Board Approved Attendance Zones In effect starting 2022-2023 School Year" (PDF). Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  5. ^ "Randle-Wright Board Approved Zones 9-17-2020" (PDF). Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  6. ^ "High School Attendance Zones" (PDF). Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved 2022-09-21. - Compare with the Census map.
  7. ^ Texas Education Code Sec. 130.211. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
  8. ^ "Regular Board Meeting Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:00 PM." Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved on May 25, 2018. p. 35 (PDF p. 35/89). "Lamar CISD has provided educational services to Kendleton students in grades 7-12 since 1985."


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