Dry Bayou
Dry Bayou is a stream in Fort Bend, Texas. Dry Bayou is situated nearby to the hamlet Booth, as well as near the village Thompsons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include WA Parish Generating Station.
WA Parish Generating Station
Power station
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The W.A. Parish Generating Station is a 3.65-gigawatt, dual-fired power plant located near Thompsons, Texas. The station occupies a 4,664-acre site near Smithers Lake southwest of Houston in Fort Bend County and consists of two four-unit plants; one natural gas and the other coal. WA Parish Generating Station is situated 1½ miles south of Dry Bayou.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Booth and Thompsons.
Booth
Hamlet
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Booth is a small unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 60 in 1990. It is located within the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Booth is situated 2½ miles northwest of Dry Bayou.
Thompsons
Village
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Thompsons is a town in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 156 at the 2020 census. Thompsons is situated 3 miles east of Dry Bayou.
First Colony
Suburb
First Colony is a 9,700-acre master-planned community in Fort Bend County, Texas. The community, with approximately 50,000 residents, encompasses over 9,500 residential houses in 98 neighborhoods located across southern parts of Sugar Land with a few neighborhoods spanning into Missouri City. First Colony is situated 5 miles north of Dry Bayou.
Dry Bayou
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Fort Bend, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.50163° or 29° 30′ 6″ northLongitude
-95.63134° or 95° 37′ 53″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
76X6G929+MFGeoNames ID
4686947
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