Four Corners, Texas
| Four Corners, Texas | |
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| Census-designated place | |
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| Coordinates: 29°40′10″N 95°39′33″W / 29.66944°N 95.65917°WCoordinates: 29°40′10″N 95°39′33″W / 29.66944°N 95.65917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Fort Bend |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.54 sq mi (6.59 km2) |
| • Land | 2.54 sq mi (6.58 km2) |
| • Water | 0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 94 ft (29 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 12,382 |
| • Density | 4,872/sq mi (1,881.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| FIPS code | 48-27102 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1357628 |
Four Corners is a census-designated place (CDP) within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,382 at the 2010 census, up from 2,954 at the 2000 census.
Four Corners began as a community of extended families. By 2011 it had become a rapidly suburbanizing area.
Four Corners is located near the northeastern border of Fort Bend County at 29°40′10″N 95°39′33″W / 29.66944°N 95.65917°W (29.669366, -95.659147). It is bordered to the north by the Mission Bend CDP and to the east, south, and west by small units of the city of Houston.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.12%, is water.
The original community was centered on the four-way intersection of Boss Gaston, Old Richmond, and Richmond Gaines roads. The census-designated place as of 2011 includes the crossroads and several new houses west of Texas State Highway 6, north of McKaskle Road, and south of Riverside Grove Drive and Stanbridge Drive. Journalist Jeannie Kever said that the community, once "isolated", had become "something bigger and harder to define, its aging small frame houses and mobile homes engulfed by the omnivorous spoils of growth."
Carmen Martinez, the president of the Fort Bend Freshwater Supply District No. 2 and a Four Corners resident who lived there since 1966, said in a Houston Chronicle article that at one time residents had to go to Houston or Rosenberg to get groceries. As of 2011 residents can go to local area stores to shop.
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