Planters preferring the prairie to the hazardous Brazos River bottoms settled this village in the 1840s. Named for store owners A. R. and Amanda (Wade) Pitts, it was a major commercial center by 1860. During the Civil War, the Pittsville Home Guard and Confederate cavalry units, which helped recapture Galveston, camped in the area. Notable residents included Robert Locke Harris and A. A. Laurence, Confederate surgeons; William Sheriff and J. Wesson Parker, Texas legislators and Fort Bend County judges; and John Huggins, innovator of horseracing techniques. The arrival of a new railroad to the south in 1888, and the subsequent founding of Fulshear, resulted in the gradual decline and eventual disappearance of Pittsville by the late 1940s. (2010)
Pittsville
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Pittsville is a historical marker in Fulshear, Fort Bend County, dedicated in 2010. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Fort Bend County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 224 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7230, -95.9249 near Fulshear. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gordon-Taylor (cemetery), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include William S. Rayner Grave, Fulshear Cemetery, and Albert and Ethel Herzstein.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016356. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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