Pittsville, Texas

Pittsville historical marker on FM 359

Pittsville is an unincorporated area that formerly held a distinct community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The site is along Farm to Market Road 359 near Hunt Road north of Fulshear with Wyatt Resources Inc. located nearby. The last residents moved away in the 1940s, making Pittsville a ghost town. There is a Texas Historical Commission marker on the west side of FM 359 a short distance north of the intersection.

Education

Area residents are zoned to schools in the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District.

External links

PITTSVILLE, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online

Municipalities and communities of Fort Bend County, Texas, United States

County seat: Richmond

Cities	Arcola Beasley Fulshear Houston‡ Katy‡ Kendleton Meadows Place Missouri City‡ Needville Orchard Pearland‡ Richmond Rosenberg Simonton Stafford‡ Sugar Land Weston Lakes

Town	Thompsons

Villages	Fairchilds Pleak

CDPs	Cinco Ranch‡ Cumings Fifth Street Four Corners Fresno Greatwood Mission Bend‡ New Territory Pecan Grove Sienna Plantation

Unincorporated communities	Booth Crabb Clodine DeWalt Foster Guy Juliff Long Point Powell Point Tavener Trammels

Ghost towns	Duke Pittsville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 29°43′23″N 95°55′29″W / 29.72306°N 95.92472°W / 29.72306; -95.92472

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