Hawdon was a town and rail station in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, alternately known as Howden, Hawdon Junction, and Arcola.Texas Railroad History - Towers 114 (Sugar Land), 161 (Arcola Junction) and 162 (Sugar Land Junction) It was located just north of Juliff, and south of Arcola.Major floods in Southeast Texas, Brazoria County, Brazos River, Houston Post, July 8, 1899. It was served by the International–Great Northern Railroad via the Columbia Branch.Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Business Atlas Map of Texas, 1901, from The Enlarged Business and Shippers Guide, , p. 285 as "Hawdon."Hawdon, Texas A rail switch was located at Hawdon to connect the Sugar Land Railroad near the (still extant) Palestine Missionary Baptist Church1870 church started by freed slaves in Hawdon and Life Yesterday to House Junction. Passenger service ended in 1920, but the rail line through town lasted until the 1980s. The main road through town is Farm to Market Road 521.
A church cemetery served the community at one time, but it has not been located.FB-C099, Howden Cemetery: Deed from Hugh Carter and wife to Palestine Baptist Church land being part of the William Hall League. 3 pages.
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