Official Name: | Trammels, Missouri City, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Neighborhood |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Label: | Trammels |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Texas |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fort Bend |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 66 |
Coordinates: | 29.5347°N -95.5375°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 77459 |
Area Code: | 281, 713, 832 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1379172 |
Trammels (sometimes spelled Trammells) was an unincorporated area near State Highway 6 in eastern Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.[1]
Trammels was located on the southwestern side of Oyster Creek, twenty miles east of Richmond, at the junction of a graded and drained road and what later was designated as McKeever Road (which paralleled the railroad tracks in this vicinity). It was about one mile west of the present-day junction of Texas State Highway 6 and Trammel-Fresno (sic) Road. This is near what later became the south terminus of the Fort Bend Tollway, approximately halfway between U.S. Highway 59 and State Highway 288. The remnants of Trammels are within the city limits of Missouri City, a Houston suburb, after having been annexed in October 1981.[2]
Little is known regarding the early history of the town, though there are some records of the development of the neighboring town of DeWalt, of which community Trammels became a part. In 1936, Trammels had a row of dwellings, one business, and five farm units. Although it appeared on county maps, population statistics were never recorded.
Trammels was a station stop on the Gulf Coast Lines' Sugar Land Railway, with one mixed train scheduled daily except Sunday between Sugar Land and Anchor in 1925.