Sienna, formerly known as Sienna Plantation, is a
census-designated place
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and
master-planned community
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located in
Missouri City
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, mostly in its
extraterritorial jurisdiction
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, within
Fort Bend County
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Th ...
,
Texas
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, United States. The population was 20,204 at the 2020 census,
[ ] up from 13,721 at the 2010 census.
History
The Sienna subdivision is on land that previously operated as a sugar and cotton plantation. Purchased in 1840 by
South Carolinian Jonathan D. Waters, the tract included a wharf along the
Brazos River. In 1872, Houston businessman Thomas W. House purchased the property, followed by former Houston mayor
Thomas H. Scanlan in 1913. Scanlan's heirs' estate entrusted the property to the Scanlan Foundation, which benefited the
Catholic Diocese of Houston. From the 1950s until 1972, the diocese operated the Cenacle Retreat on the land under the direction of the
Cenacle Sisters.
In the 1970s developer Larry Johnson founded the Johnson Development Corporation and in 1978 began the development of the project. In the mid-1980s the Johnson Corporation began construction of single-family homes, roads, and a
levee for flood protection.
[Laurie E. Jasinski]
"SIENNA PLANTATION, TX
" Handbook of Texas Online, accessed July 10, 2014. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. The project stalled during the economic meltdown of the 1980s.
The developer refocused his efforts in 1994.
[Zheng, Zen T. C.]
" ''Houston Chronicle
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''. March 24, 2009. Retrieved on April 25, 2010. The development of Sienna was organized by Tan Yu, a billionaire developer from the
Philippines
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, who in 1997 was based in
Taiwan
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.
[Stromberg, Laura A.]
Arena Towers find buyer
" ''Houston Business Journal
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''. Friday July 25, 1997. Retrieved on April 24, 2010. In 2009 5,000 of the 5,200 houses in Sienna Plantation were occupied.
In May 2019, the community changed its name from "Sienna Plantation" to Sienna in response to requests from
Facebook group
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s, residents, and others.
Geography
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Sienna is located in eastern Fort Bend County at (29.493136, -95.506707).
It is bordered to the north and west by
Missouri City
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and to the northeast by
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. The Brazos River runs just west of the western border of Sienna, and
Oyster Creek flows southwards through the center of the CDP.
Downtown Houston
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is to the north.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.05%, is water.
Cityscape
The development is south of
Texas State Highway 6
State Highway 6 (SH 6) runs from the Red River, the Texas–Oklahoma state line, to northwest of Galveston, where it is known as the Old Galveston Highway. In Sugar Land and Missouri City, it is known as Alvin-Sugarland Road and runs per ...
.
[Hastings, Karen.]
Sienna annexation won't be viable for about 16 years
" ''Houston Chronicle
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''. April 26, 2011. Retrieved on April 12, 2014. Sienna Parkway, the main thoroughfare in Sienna, is located off Highway 6. Sienna has many single-family houses of various designs and styles. In 2009 the prices ranged from $160,000s to the millions. A section of Sienna has custom houses that, as of 2009, were priced in the $500,000s. As of that year a 272-unit apartment complex was under construction at the entrance to Sienna. In January 2009 the
H-E-B
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Sienna Market Place, located at the entrance to the Sienna Plantation community, and a
Kroger
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Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cinci ...
store located east of Sienna opened; before the openings, Sienna had a lack of proximity to grocery stores.
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census
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, there were 20,204 people, 6,089 households, and 5,494 families residing in the CDP.
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 13,721 people and 4,757 households in the CDP. The
population density
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was 1008.9 people per square mile (388.7/km
2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 57.2%
White
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, 29.8%
African American
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, 4.6%
Asian
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, and 4.0% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 15.7% of the population.
Of the 13,721 people living in the CDP, 32.5% were under 18 years of age, with 4.3% under 5 years of age; 7.2% were age 65 or over.
For the period 2010–14, the estimated median annual income for a household in the CDP was $130,300, and the median income for a family was $130,457. Male full-time workers had a median income of $107,798 versus $74,224 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $46,039. About 7.0% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 15.0% of those age 65 or over.
Government and infrastructure
In 1996 Missouri City and Sienna had a joint development agreement. It states that when Sienna is about 90% developed and when the City of Missouri City wishes to assume the outstanding development debt of Sienna Plantation, the annexation will occur. There are periodic reviews of the annexation proposals. In 2011, one review concluded that due to the municipal utility debt, if residents of Sienna, do not wish to pay extra taxes for fire and police services and other city services, then annexation should occur in 2027.
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Education
Primary and secondary schools
Sienna is served by the Fort Bend Independent School District.[2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Sienna Plantation CDP, TX]
" U.S. Census Bureau
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. Retrieved on April 15, 2017. Detail
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The community is within the East Division, controlling school board slots 5 through 7.
The community is zoned to Sienna Crossing Elementary School, Scanlan Oaks Elementary School and Jan Schiff Elementary School (three separate attendance zones). The community is also zoned to Baines Middle School, which is located within Sienna Plantation. All of Sienna is served by the new FBISD Ridge Point High School
Ridge Point High School (RPHS) is a public high school located in Sienna (formerly Sienna Plantation), an unincorporated area and planned community in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Opened in 2010, the school serves more than 3000 students in grades 9 ...
located in Sienna Plantation on Waters Lake Blvd.[High School Attendance Zones]
" Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on April 15, 2017.
Donald Leonetti Elementary School opened in 2017 and Ronald Thornton Middle School opened in 2018. Both are in Sienna Plantation.
Sienna Lutheran Academy is a private school that caters to the Christian education of children in grades K-8.
File:FBISD_Ridge_Point_High_School.jpg, Ridge Point High School
Ridge Point High School (RPHS) is a public high school located in Sienna (formerly Sienna Plantation), an unincorporated area and planned community in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Opened in 2010, the school serves more than 3000 students in grades 9 ...
File:FBISD Thornton Middle School.jpg, Ronald Thornton Middle School
File:FBISD Leonetti Elementary.jpg, Donald Leonetti Elementary School
File:FBISD Scanlan Oaks Elementary.jpg, Scanlan Oaks Elementary School
File:FBISD Sienna Crossing Elementary.jpg, Sienna Crossing Elementary School
Histories of schools
Before 2010 the portion east of Sienna Parkway was zoned to Hightower High School
Hightower High School is a secondary school (grades 9–12) located at 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, Texas, United States, adjacent to The Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road.
Hightower is administered by Fort Bend Independent School District a ...
in Missouri City
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, while the portion west of Sienna Parkway was zoned to Elkins High School in Missouri City.[CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: SIENNA PLANTATION CDP]
" U.S. Census Bureau
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. Retrieved on April 15, 2017. In 2007 sections of Sienna were rezoned from Hightower to Elkins.[
Lake Olympia Middle School in Missouri City served all of Sienna until fall 2006, when Baines Middle School was built.][
]
Community colleges
Houston Community College
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(HCC) served Sienna from the fall of 2008 until May 2016, when the campus was closed and a new campus was built on Texas Parkway.
Public libraries
Fort Bend County Libraries
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History
Prior to the founding of the Fort Bend County Library there exis ...
operates the Sienna Branch, which opened on April 24, 2010. The $15 million, two story facility, which has of space, was a joint project between the library system and Houston Community College
Houston Community College (HCC), also known as Houston Community College System (HCCS) is a public community college system that operates community colleges in Houston, Missouri City, Greater Katy, and Stafford in Texas. It is notable for active ...
.
As of May 2016, Houston Community College no longer has a presence in the library building. The Sienna Branch has a 3D printer for the community to use and offers classes on 3D design and printing.
Parks and recreation
Zen T. C. Zheng of the ''Houston Chronicle
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'' said that Sienna has "a natural environment." The community has lakes, parks, trees, and a trail along of the frontage of the Brazos River. Sienna has a sports complex, an 18-hole championship golf course, recreational centers, an equestrian center, and water parks. The Sienna sports complex is the home to a variety of youth club sports programs, including, the Sienna Panthers Lacrosse Club which has 240 youth lacrosse players ranging from 1st grade to High School. It is also the home field for Team 91 Texas which provides elite Lacrosse for 175 players to compete nationally. The recreational centers include an amphitheater and a fitness room.
In 2019, Sienna announced that they had completed renovations on the tennis center and the Club Sienna recreation complex. Added to the tennis center was outdoor covered seating and a new 1,764-square-foot building that features a tennis pro shop. The refurbished Club Sienna can now accommodate 85 people in its ballroom and offers a conference room for board meetings and a classroom for up to 25 students. Several restrooms were added and the lobby relocated.
Religion
As of 2011 many Protestant
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churches are located in Sienna. On April 30, 2011, an LDS Church
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meeting house was scheduled to open in the community, serving a 200-member English-speaking ward and a 200-member Spanish-speaking ward.[Shellnut, Kate.]
LDS opening new meetinghouse for growing congregation
" ''Houston Chronicle
The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States. , it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States, behind only ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. With i ...
''. April 28, 2011. Retrieved on May 3, 2014.
St. Angela Merici Catholic Church was dedicated in 2017 and seats 2000.
References
External links
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Census-designated places in Fort Bend County, Texas
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