Pecan Grove is a

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and

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within the

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s of

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and

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Fort Bend County Fort Bend County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county was founded on December 29, 1837, and organized the next year. It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River. The community developed around the fort in ...

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, United States.
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. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.--> - Compare with the CDP map. The population was 22,782 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Pecan Grove is located northeast of the center of Fort Bend County at (29.626060, -95.731591). It is bordered to the southwest by the

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. The city limits of Richmond forms a convoluted pattern in the southern part of the CDP, and the northern part is bordered by an

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of the city of

. Downtown Richmond is southwest of the center of Pecan Grove, and

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is to the northeast. According to the

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, the Pecan Grove CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.69%, is water.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 22,782 people, 6,515 households, and 5,485 families residing in the CDP. As of the

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of 2000, there were 13,551 people, 4,516 households, and 3,847 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 4,662 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.29%

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, 3.29%

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, 0.19% Native American, 1.34% Asian, 2.51% from other races, and 1.38% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 9.08% of the population. There were 4,516 households, out of which 52.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.3% were

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living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.8% were non-families. 12.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.29. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 33.4% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 4.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $83,515, and the median income for a family was $91,059. Males had a median income of $62,213 versus $37,658 for females. The

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for the CDP was $33,816. About 0.6% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the

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, including 0.5% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure

Pecan Grove Volunteer Fire Station #1 is in the CDP, and Pecan Grove Volunteer Fire Station #2 is adjacent to the CDP. Additionally, the

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maintains its Fire Station #3 adjacent to the CDP. A portion of the

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Jester State Prison Farm property is located in Pecan Grove. Fort Bend County does not have a

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. OakBend Medical Center serves as the county's charity hospital which the county contracts with.

Education

Fort Bend Independent School District

Most of the students who live in Pecan Grove are zoned to

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(FBISD) schools. The Fort Bend ISD attendance zones for Pecan Grove are: * Pecan Grove Elementary (Grades PK-5), located in Pecan GroveElementary School Attendance Zones 2011-2012 School Year
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. Retrieved on September 12, 2011. * Oakland Elementary School (Grades PK-5) - It was scheduled to open in 2006–2007, and it took territory previously assigned to Pecan Grove Elementary. * Neill Elementary (Grades PK-5), located adjacent to Travis in Pecan Grove Secondary schools: * James Bowie Middle School (Grades 6–8), located in Pecan Grove *

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(Grades 9–12), located in Pecan Grove Previously students were divided between Garcia and Hodges Bend middle schools. Bowie Middle School opened in August 2011. Prior to fall 2006 students were divided between Austin High School and

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. At the time of the rezoning, the present 11th and 12th graders remained at Austin and Bush, while 9th and 10th graders were immediately rezoned; the Travis zoning was phased in each year. Neill opened in 2017, taking territory from Oakland ES and Pecan Grove ES. File:BowieMSFortBendCountyTX.JPG, Bowie Middle School File:FBISD Pecan Grove Elem.jpg, Pecan Grove Elementary School

Lamar Consolidated Independent School District

Other students who live in Pecan Grove area are zoned to

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(LCISD) Schools. Students zoned to Austin Elementary use the following feeder pattern: - This is an

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(Grades 9–12) Students zoned to Frost Elementary use the following feeder pattern: * Frost Elementary (Grades PK-5) - In the CDP * Wertheimer Middle School (Grade 6) * Briscoe Junior High (Grades 7–8) * Foster High School (Grades 9–12) Foster previously served all of LCISD Pecan Grove.

Community colleges

The designated community college for LCISD is

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.Texas Education Code Sec. 130.211. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
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specifies that the

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(HCC) boundary includes "the part of the Fort Bend Independent School District that is not located in the service area of the Wharton County Junior College District and that is adjacent to the Houston Community College System District." Wharton College's boundary within FBISD is defined only as the City of Sugar Land and the ETJ of Sugar Land, and FBISD Pecan Grove is not in the Sugar Land ETJ. FBISD Pecan Grove is in HCC.
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- Pecan Grove is directly indicated on that map.

Notable people

* W. A. Criswell, two-term president of the

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* Frank Beard, drummer and songwriter for the rock band

ZZ Top ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. For almost 56 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard (musician), Frank Beard, and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill prior to his death in 2021. ZZ ...

References

External links

* {{authority control Census-designated places in Fort Bend County, Texas Census-designated places in Texas