FRESNO, TEXAS (Fort Bend County).
Fresno is on Farm Road 521 twenty miles northeast of Richmond in northeastern Fort Bend County. A settler from Fresno, California, reportedly chose the name. The town is on land patented in 1824, once surrounded by cotton plantations. Fresno acquired a post office in 1910. In 1914 it had a telephone connection, a general store, a hardware store, and a population of thirty-two. By 1933 the town had only ten inhabitants and one business. In 1936 it had three rows of dwellings on both sides of a paved highway and was served by the International-Great Northern Railroad. By 1946 the population had risen to 100, a level maintained throughout the 1960s. In 1970 the figure had increased to 120; two years later it had grown to 161. During the 1970s and 1980s the population of Fresno increased more rapidly as the area was affected by growth of Houston. Fresno had a population of 3,182 in 1990 and 6,603 in 2000.
In many countries, ploughs and Fresno Scrapers, pulled by oxen, horses or buffaloes, are used to build terraces.. The Fresno scrapers, however, cannot be used to build terraces less than 3 m wide. In addition, they are not suitable for use in soils which have many rocks exceeding 25 cm in diameter. In general, Fresno Scrapers should not be used when the soils are wet and sticky, and if the cut area of the terrace is very hard or has a lot of grass, it must first be ploughed to allow the scraper to move the soil.
MALVERN, TEXAS-POSTMASTERS
Allen, Eugene M., 25 Nov 1893
Wood, Wm. G., 18 Jly 1894
Cg'd to ARCOLA, 8 Apr 1897
RICETON, TEXAS-POSTMASTERS
Blunt, Fred P., 16 Jun 1902
Lyons, H. H., 8 Sep 1903 (Failed to qualify)
Hill, Jesse W., 9 Feb 1904
Discontinued 30 Mar 1907; mail to Arcola
FRESNO, TEXAS-POSTMASTERS
Taylor, Harry L., 20 Nov 1923