Powell Point, Texas

Powell Point Elementary School

Powell Point is an Unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.

The area is named after Elizabeth Powell, who received the original land grant there from the Mexican Government in 1831.

Education

Powell Point is served by the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Students are zoned to Beasley Elementary School in Beasley, Wessendorff Middle School, Lamar Junior High School, and Lamar Consolidated High School.^[1]

Previously, Kendleton Independent School District operated Powell Point Elementary School in the community and served elementary school residents. As a result of the closure, students at Powell Point were rezoned to Beasley and Wessendorf. LCISD, for a two-year period, will operate its Head Start program at Powell Point.^[2]

References

↑ "Lamar CISD Attendance Zones." (Direct file link) Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved on July 2, 2010.
↑ Pollock, B.J. "It'll be a long bus ride for Kendleton pupils." Ultimate Fort Bend (Houston Chronicle). July 27, 2010. Retrieved on October 16, 2011.

External links

Powell Point, Texas 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°28′46″N 96°01′22″W / 29.47944°N 96.02278°W / 29.47944; -96.02278

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