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Goliad County (/ ˈ ɡ oʊ l i æ d / GOH-lee-ad) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population is 7,012. [1] Its county seat is Goliad. [2] The county is named for Father Miguel Hidalgo; "Goliad" is an anagram, [3] minus the silent H. The county was created in 1836 and organized the next year. [4]
San Patricio County, Goliad County, Refugio County, Live Oak County, and Karnes County: Barnard Elliott Bee, Sr. (1787–1853), a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas 30,850: 880 sq mi (2,279 km 2) Bell County: 027: Belton: 1850: Milam County: Peter Hansborough Bell, the third governor of Texas (1849–1853) 393,193: 1,059 sq mi (2,743 ...
Goliad (/ ˈ ɡ oʊ l i æ d / GOH-lee-ad) is a city and the county seat of Goliad County, Texas, United States. It is known for the 1836 Goliad massacre during the Texas Revolution. It had a population of 1,620 at the 2020 census. [5] [6] It is part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
District 18 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Aransas, Austin, Burleson, Calhoun, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Grimes ...
County Commission Texas historical marker in Brenham, Texas. A county commission (or a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials (county commissioners) collectively charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States. A county usually has three to five members of the county commission. [1]
Goliad County (1) Goliad. Gonzales County (4) All 4 communities. Jackson County (5) All 5 communities. Lavaca County (4) All 4 communities. Nueces County (18) All 18 ...
A county executive (or county mayor) is the head of government of a county in the United States. They are either elected by the citizens of the county or appointed by the county council or governor of the state.
There are one National Historic Landmark, five districts, and seven other individually listed properties on the National Register in the county. Among these, either among individual properties or contained within districts, are two State Historic Sites , four State Antiquities Landmarks , and numerous Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks .