Sugar Land is a city located in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, in the south-western portion of the metropolitan area of Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land. Sugar Land is a populated suburban community centered around the intersection of Texas State Highway 6 and U.S., situated about 19 miles southwest of downtown Houston. Drive 59. The present Sugar Land area was home to a large sugar plantation situated in the fertile Brazos floodplain from the beginning of the 19th century. The area of the town on the Sugar Land is 34 square miles. Sugar Land is northeast of Fort Bend City, 20 kilometers southwest of downtown Houston. It has a population numbering over 78,000.