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Sheldon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeastern Harris County, Texas, lying completely inside Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction about 17 miles northeast of downtown Houston.

Sheldon sits on U.S. Highway 90 next to Sheldon Reservoir and Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center, a state park known for birdwatching on Houston's northeast side.

Sheldon was established in the early 1860s and named for Henry K. Sheldon, a stockholder in the railroad company, and it served as a retail and shipping point for farm goods and lumber from the San Jacinto River country.

A post office operated in Sheldon from 1887 until 1955.

Sheldon had 50 residents, a general store, and a grocer in 1896, and grew to 150 residents and ten businesses by the 1940s.

Sheldon's population was 1,990 in the 2010 census and rose to 2,361 in the 2020 census, spread over about 2.58 square miles; its households average about 3.2 people.

Sheldon became an independent school district in 1952, and in 1954 Houston investor Cortes Ewing King donated a 54-acre tract to the district - the high school built on his gift, C.E. King High School, remains Sheldon ISD's only high school and serves Sheldon and nearby Beaumont Place.

A new 550,070-square-foot C.E. King High School campus opened in 2020, built for 3,000 to 3,500 students.

Once a rural farming and lumber community, Sheldon has been transforming into a fast-growing Houston suburb since the 2000s.