Orchard, Texas
Orchard is a small rural community in Fort Bend County, about 20 miles west of Sugar Land on the flat coastal prairie southwest of Houston. The surrounding land is largely agricultural, a mix of cropland and pasture along the Brazos River bottomlands. It lies on the outer western edge of the greater Houston region, where suburban growth gives way to open farm country.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 344
- Change from 2020 base
- +7.2%
- Land area
- 0.4 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Fort Bend County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Fort Bend County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Orchard
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Orchard.
County Origins
Fort Bend County was founded in 1837 and named for a bend in the Brazos River
Fort Bend County gets its name from a small cabin settlement built near a sharp curve in the Brazos River in the 1820s.
Property Tax Basics
Two offices handle your property tax in Fort Bend County
The appraisal district sets your home's value; the tax assessor-collector sends the bill and takes payment.
Plantation History
Fort Bend County was one of Texas's major plantation and slavery counties
By 1860, Fort Bend County had more enslaved people than white residents, making it one of the heaviest slaveholding counties in Texas.
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