Williams' brother, Nathaniel, purchased the land from Austin in 1838. Williams, called this area 'Oakland Plantation'. One of the first settlers of the land, Samuel M. Sugar Land has roots in the original Mexican land grant made to Anglo-American Stephen F. See also: History of Texas Sugar Land's founding The Imperial Sugar crown logo is featured in the city seal and logo. Sugar Land is home to the headquarters of Imperial Sugar the company's main sugar refinery and distribution center were once located in the city. Following the annexation of the Greatwood and New Territory communities in December 2017, the city's population was estimated at 118,488 as of 2019. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 78,817. Between 20, Sugar Land also had a 46% increase in jobs. Its population increased more than 158% between 19. Sugar Land is one of the most affluent and fastest-growing cities in Texas. Since then, Sugar Land has grown rapidly alongside other edge cities around Houston, with large-scale development of master-planned communities contributing to population swells since the 1980s. Following the consolidation of local plantations into Imperial Sugar Company in 1908, Sugar Land grew steadily as a company town and incorporated as a city in 1959. Route 59.īeginning in the 19th century, the present-day Sugar Land area was home to a large sugar plantation situated in the fertile floodplain of the Brazos River. Located about 19 miles (31 km) southwest of downtown Houston, Sugar Land is a populous suburban municipality centered around the junction of Texas State Highway 6 and Interstate 69/ U.S. Sugar Land (sometimes spelled as just Sugarland) is the largest city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, located in the southwestern part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area.

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