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Port O'Connor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calhoun County, Texas, United States, near the Gulf coastline between Galveston and Corpus Christi. The CDP had a population of 954 at the 2010 census .
Espiritu Santo Bay is a northeastern extension of San Antonio Bay in Calhoun County, Texas. It is separated from Matagorda Bay by a line of barrier islands that run south from Port O'Connor to Matagorda Island.
Matagorda Island sign Sunset on Matagorda Island, Texas.. Matagorda Island (/ ˌ m æ t ə ˈ ɡ ɔːr d ə / ⓘ [1]), Spanish for "thick bush," is a 38-mile (61 km) long barrier island on the Texas Gulf coast, located approximately seven miles (11 kilometers) south of Port O'Connor, in the southernmost part of Calhoun County.
Matagorda Bay (/ ˌ m æ t ə ˈ ɡ ɔːr d ə / ⓘ [2]) is a large Gulf of Mexico bay on the Texas coast, lying in Calhoun and Matagorda counties and located approximately 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Corpus Christi, 143 miles (230 km) east-southeast of San Antonio, 108 miles (174 km) south-southwest of Houston, and 167 miles (269 km) south-southeast of Austin.
The Matagorda Island Light is located on Matagorda Island in Calhoun County, in the U.S. state of Texas. Once under the jurisdiction of the United States Coast Guard, the lighthouse is now managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
1909 Port O’Connor is established. The St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway establishes a terminus at Port O’Connor. [17] 1920 Port Lavaca builds a seawall to protect itself against hurricanes. [3] 1931 Lavaca Bay causeway is constructed. [3] 1934-1935 Oil and natural gas discovered near Port Lavaca. [3] 1947 Alcoa opens a plant at ...
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Port Aransas: Coast Guard Station Freeport: Surfside Beach: Coast Guard Station Port O'Connor: Port O'Connor: Coast Guard Station Sabine Pass: Port Arthur: Coast Guard Station Saluria: Matagorda Island: Coast Guard Station San Luis Pass: Galveston Coast Guard Station South Padre Island: South Padre Island: Coast Guard Station Velasco: Velasco