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'''Powell Point''' is an unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.<ref name="gnis">{{GNIS|1344461}}</ref> The community is located within the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
==History== County highway maps from the 1930s showed the Powell Point settlement as comprising a church and a few homes. Maps of the area from the early 1990s indicated the location of a church and a cemetery.<ref name="Handbook">{{Handbook of Texas|id=hrp81 |name=Powell Point, TX}}</ref>
==Geography== Powell Point is located on Farm to Market Road 2919, {{convert|2|mi|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Kendleton in western Fort Bend County.<ref name="Handbook"/>
==Education== The Powell Point School was transferred from Kendleton to a neighboring black settlement in the 1890s. The school got its name from its position on the Elizabeth Powell land grant. It was listed on county maps in the 1930s and early 1990s, even though it joined the Kendleton ISD.<ref name="Handbook"/>
Today, Powell Point is served by the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48157_fort_bend/DC20SD_C48157.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fort Bend County, TX|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-21}} - Compare with LCISD boundary maps and the TSHA description of Powell Point.</ref> Students are zoned to Beasley Elementary School in Beasley, and Navarro Middle School, George Junior High, and B.F. Terry High School in Rosenberg.<ref>{{cite map|url=https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/5626/2025-2026_lamar_cisd_secondary_map_85x11.pdf|title=High School Zone Map (Printable)|publisher=Lamar Consolidated Independent School District|access-date=2025-10-05}} - [https://www.lcisd.org/107799_2 Linked from here]. [https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/5626/12x18_2025-2026_district_track_map_-_placemat_12.pdf Middle and junior high schools for each senior high school are indicated on this map]. [https://apps.myplanware.com/schoolsearch/lamar LCISD's school zone map search engine].</ref> The designated community college for LCISD is Wharton County Junior College.<ref name=WhartonCoJrCollege>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code Sec. 130.211. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.]</ref>
Previously, Kendleton Independent School District (KISD) operated Powell Point Elementary School in the community and served elementary school residents. Beginning in 1985 LCISD served secondary school students in the KISD territory.<ref>"[https://secure.lcisd.org/Administration/BoardofTrustees/BoardBooks/images/2010April_Board_Book.pdf Regular Board Meeting Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:00 PM]." Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved on May 25, 2018. p. 35 (PDF p. 35/89). "Lamar CISD has provided educational services to Kendleton students in grades 7-12 since 1985."</ref>
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Fort Bend County, Texas Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas