Historical MarkerSugar Land Independent School District No. 17
Sugar Land · Fort Bend County · Dedicated 1991 · THC Atlas #5157009071
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Marker Inscription
A public school was established as early as 1912 for families moving to the company town of Sugar Land. In 1918, the State Legislature created Sugar Land Independent School District No. 17, with the requirement that at least two of the seven board members be women. Mary Anna Collins Woods served as the first school superintendent. Sugar company engineer M. R. Wood designed the school and served as school board president. In 1959 the district was merged with schools in Missouri City and Stafford to form the Fort Bend Independent School District.
About this site
Sugar Land Independent School District No. 17 is a historical marker in Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, dedicated in 1991. 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 29.6245, -95.6307 near Sugar Land. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sugar Land Auditorium (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Sugar Land Refinery, Sugar Land, and Bullhead Convict Labor Camp Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5157009071. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
