Fort Bend, a S. E. county of Texas, intersected by Brazos river, which is here navigable by steamboats during part of the year, and touched on the S. W. by San Bernard river; area, 920 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 7,114, of whom 5,510 were colored. In the valleys of the streams the soil is alluvial and fertile. The rest of the county, consisting principally of prairies, is less productive, but furnishes abundant pasturage. Timber is found in the river bottoms, Brazos and San Bernard rivers being skirted by a thick growth of oak, ash, elm, and red cedar. The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado railroad passes through the county. The chief productions in 1870 were 233,505 bushels of Indian corn, 20,867 of sweet potatoes, 4,017 bales of cotton, 362 hhds. of sugar, and 28,960 gallons of molasses. There were 3,207 horses, 2,193 milch cows, 49,191 other cattle, and 9,475 swine. Capital, Richmond.