Sugar Land
Founded 1853. Named by B. F. Terry and W. J. Kyle for sugar mill and plantation bought on their return with fortunes from California Gold Rush. The town's founders organized Terry's Texas Rangers at the start of the Civil War. Farming market. Site of Texas' only cane sugar refinery. Texas prison farms are located nearby.
29.6208° N, 95.6366° W
A replacement for this marker is in progress, according to the Texas Historical Commission.
Where to Find It
Sugar Land Heritage Foundation, Imperial Sugar Building, in storage
Nearby Markers
- 0.1 mi NE The Sugar Land Refinery Sugar Land
- 0.4 mi NE Sugar Land Auditorium Sugar Land
- 0.4 mi NE Sugar Land Independent School District No. 17 Sugar Land
- 1.2 mi NE Sugar Land First United Methodist Church Sugar Land
- 1.6 mi SW Texas Prison System Central State Farm Main Building Sugar Land
- 1.7 mi SW Imperial Prison Farm Cemetery Sugar Land