Editing Kendleton, Texas (section)

==Government and infrastructure==
[[File:KendletonPO.jpg|thumb|Post office]]
The [[United States Postal Service]] 
A post office opened in Kendleton in 1884,<ref name="Handbook"/> shortly after Kendleton's founding.<ref name="POClose">Horswell, Cindy and Megan Ryan. "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7670889.html South Texas post office closures 'heart breaking' for many]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. July 26, 2011. Retrieved on July 27, 2011.</ref> Kendleton Post Office is located at 13635 Willie Melton Boulevard. [[Benjamin Franklin Williams|Benjamin F. Williams]] was the first postmaster<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/37142?p=1&s=TX&service_name=post_office&z=Kendleton Post Office Location - KENDLETON] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120723000830/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/37142?p=1&s=TX&service_name=post_office&z=Kendleton |date=2012-07-23 }}." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref> and also served in the state legislature. In July 2011 the USPS announced that the post office may close.<ref>"[http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/expandedaccess/states/texas.htm Expanded Access study list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925012630/http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/expandedaccess/states/texas.htm |date=2011-09-25 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on July 24, 2011.</ref> The nearest available post office to Kendleton is over {{convert|10|mi|km}} from the city. Darryl Humphrey, the mayor of Kendleton, criticized the proposed closing. Cindy Horswell and Megan Ryan of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' said that Humphrey "feels like his community will be erased from society if the post office is removed, too."<ref name="POClose"/>

Fort Bend County does not have a [[hospital district]]. [[OakBend Medical Center]] serves as the county's [[charity hospital]] which the county contracts with.<ref>{{cite web|last=Knipp|first=Bethany|url=https://communityimpact.com/news/2016/11/02/fort-bend-county-lacks-hospital-district/|title=Fort Bend County lacks hospital district|newspaper=[[Community Impact Newspaper]]|date=2016-11-02|accessdate=2021-10-18}}</ref>