Fort Bend County en · PROPN
Etymology
Named after a blockhouse at a bend in the Brazos River.
Meanings
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One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Richmond.
When Representative Troy Nehls of Texas voted last year to reject Donald J. Trump’s electoral defeat, many of his constituents back home in Fort Bend County were thrilled. […] Don Demel[…] said his parents had raised him “colorblind.” But the reason for the discontent was clear: Other white people in Fort Bend “did not like certain people coming here,” he said. “It’s race. They are old-school.”
2022 October 23, Michael H. Keller, David D. Kirkpatrick, “Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2022: