Marker Inscription
Founded in 1914, the Fort Bend Telephone Company began when Charles H. waddell purchased nine individual telephone lines in the Needville community and established a central switchboard exchange. The company grew quickly and soon connected the neighboring towns of Beasley, Brookshire, Damon, Fairchild, Guy, Katy, and Pattison. Incorporated in 1917, the company installed its first dial system in the late 1950s; rural underground cables in 1962; dial service to Houston in 1973; and digital dialing in 1978. Still family-operated, the company is a significant local business.
About this site
Fort Bend Telephone Company is a historical marker in Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in Fort Bend County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 237 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.5592, -95.8059 near Rosenberg. The nearest cataloged historic site is Waddell, Charles Harvey (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Robinowitz Brothers, Rosenberg Post Office, and Vogelsang Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5157008996. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
