Needville is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.
[5] August Schendel founded the town of Schendelville in 1891 that contained his house, a store and a cotton gin.
Due to Needmore, Texas already existing, the post office amended the name to "Needville".
The Round Hall building had been built about 1910 for dances and other social activities, and remained in this service until the 1950s.
In 1918, the Needville State Bank opened and the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway built a line through the town.
It also reported having 12 general stores, four churches, four gins, and an electric power generation plant.
[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Needville has a total area of 1.72 square miles (4.46 km2), all land.
The United States Postal Service Needville Post Office is located at 3000 School Street.
EMS is provided through Fort Bend County, and has one station that houses Squad 601, located at 3743 School St. Fire is provided through Needville Fire Department, contracted by Fort Bend ESD #9.
The library, which opened in November 1974, was named after Fort Bend County philanthropist Albert George.
Originally the library, with its first portion designed by Wylie W. Vale & Associates, had 4,900 square feet (460 m2) of space.