Duke
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Duke, Texas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Houston Southwest Airport and Hightower High School.
Houston Southwest Airport
Aerodrome
Houston Southwest Airport or Houston-Southwest Airport is a public-use airport located in Arcola, a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, 15 miles southwest of the central business district of Houston.
Hightower High School
School
Hightower High School is a secondary school located at 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, Texas, United States, adjacent to The Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road. Hightower High School is situated 2 miles north of Duke.
Almeta Crawford High School
School
Almeta Crawford High School, also known simply as Crawford High School, is a public high school in Fort Bend County, Texas. Located near Farm to Market Road 521 and south of State Highway 6, just adjacent to Sienna, Texas, the school opened in the fall of 2023. Almeta Crawford High School is situated 2½ miles southeast of Duke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arcola and Fresno.
Arcola
Village
Arcola is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 2,034 as of the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 1,642 tabulated by the 2010 census, which represented, in turn, an increase over the 2000 figure of 1,048.
Fresno
Town
Fresno is a part of Houston and an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The local population was 24,486 as of the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 19,069 tabulated in 2010 census, and 6,603 at the 2000 census. Fresno is situated 3½ miles northeast of Duke.
Trammels
Hamlet
Trammels was an unincorporated area near State Highway 6 in eastern Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. Trammels is situated 3½ miles northwest of Duke.
Duke
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Fort Bend, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.50468° or 29° 30′ 17″ northLongitude
-95.48605° or 95° 29′ 10″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
76X6GG37+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 151396060OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Duke” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Duke”
- Irish: “Duke”
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