First Colony is a 9,700-acre (39 km2) master-planned community in Fort Bend County, Texas.

First Colony was developed by Sugarland Properties Inc.—a joint venture of Gerald D. Hines Interests and Stichting Shell Pension Fund.

Bill Schadewald said that he, as a rookie real estate reporter, received speculation from local sources questioning whether "a project so large and such a distance could succeed.

"[6] The community was a census-designated place in the 1990 census, with a population of 18,327 in 5,976 housing units with a reported area of 9.3 square miles (24 km2).

Sugar Land gradually annexed most of its portion of First Colony within its municipal boundaries during the early to mid 1990s.

For instance, the annexation of Municipal Utility District (MUD) 12 in First Colony occurred on December 17, 1991; this included 1,064 acres (4.31 km2), including 2,314 homes, 433 condominiums and 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) of commercial property along Texas Highway 6.

Steve Ewbank, the executive vice president of Planned Community Developers, the developer of First Colony, said that a brick shopping center in First Colony had a price tag higher by 10 to 20 percent than the price of typical shopping center.

[2] One community located in First Colony is Sweetwater, described by Ralph Bivins of the Houston Chronicle as "upscale".

[10] In the year 1990, four very expensive houses were sold, altogether worth 1.8 million dollars (4197860.42 in today's money).

[11] The United States Postal Service operates the First Colony Post Office in Sugar Land.

The 19,400 square feet (1,800 m2) library, designed by Brooks Association for Architecture and Planning and the second of four branches built with 1989 bond funds, opened in June 1993.

The library includes "A Planet Clock," a piece of kinetic art by Jaroslav Belik.