Duke, Texas

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Coordinates: 29°30′17″N 95°29′10″W / 29.50472°N 95.48611°W / 29.50472; -95.48611
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Duke, Texas
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GNIS feature ID1378234[1]

Duke is a ghost town in Fort Bend County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The former settlement's location was west of Arcola along the BNSF Railway near Houston Southwest Airport. In 2014 the town site was no longer accessible by public roads.

History

The town of Duke grew up on the

buggies. So the flash point waited another ten months.[3] Postal service ended at Duke in 1922.[2]

  • Three historical markers on Highway 6 near Arcola tell about the Duke Community and early settlers from the Perry, Fenn and Fitzgerald families.
    Three historical markers on Highway 6 near Arcola tell about the Duke Community and early settlers from the Perry, Fenn and Fitzgerald families.
  • Duke Road is fenced off where it crosses Houston Southwest Airport property. Duke was located just beyond the BNSF Railway freight train in the distance.
    Duke Road is fenced off where it crosses Houston Southwest Airport property. Duke was located just beyond the BNSF Railway freight train in the distance.

Geography

On the 1955 Almeda, Tex.

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad west of Arcola on the northern side of Clear Lake. On the map, the town was connected by road to what is now McKeever Road to the north.[4] Duke Road crosses Southwest Houston Airport property a few yards from the western end of the runway. Public use was blocked by a fence in January 2014.[5]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duke, Texas
  2. ^ a b See historical marker photo.
  3. ^ Wharton, Clarence R. (2001). History of Fort Bend County. Austin, Tex.: Fort Bend Museum Association and Eakin Press. p. 207.
  4. USGS
    Almeda, Tex. Quadrangle (1955)
  5. ^ See Duke Road photo.
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