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The lighthouse was placed on a barge by a crane and carried up to Point Comfort. In 1978 Bauer gave the lighthouse to the Calhoun County Historic Commission and transported to its current location. The following year the lighthouse was repaired as an Eagle Scout community project. In 1985, the lighthouse was revealed as a Texas Historical ...
Port Lavaca (/ l ə ˈ v ɑː k ə / ⓘ lə-VAH-kə) is a city in Calhoun County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 12,248 at the 2010 census [5] and 11,557 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Calhoun County [6] and part of the Port Lavaca, Texas micropolitan statistical area. Port Lavaca is 130 miles (210 km ...
There are several lighthouses in the U.S. state of Texas, including several listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Not every lighthouse in Texas is listed here as some have very little information known about them. Saluria, and Swash lights for example were built right before the civil war and were both destroyed by confederate ...
Port Lavaca is a residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural town, but it's also a magnet for history tourism. Port Lavaca is a residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural town ...
Legislative red tape caused a series of delays, and the contract to build the lighthouse was finally awarded to Murray and Hazlehurst of Baltimore in 1851. The new 55 feet (17 m) cast iron lighthouse became functional on December 21, 1852. Gulf storms and subsequent beach erosion caused the lighthouse to be rebuilt on higher ground. The light ...
Location of Calhoun County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Calhoun County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Calhoun County, Texas. There is one property listed on the National Register in the county.
Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,106. [1] Its county seat is Port Lavaca. [2] The county is named for John Caldwell Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States.
The Lavaca River enters near the Port Lavaca Causeway as it traverses Lavaca Bay from Port Lavaca to Point Comfort at the center of the bay, which is also its narrowest width. [11] The river flows 115 miles (190 km) southeast from its source in northeast Gonzales County, draining approximately 2,280 square miles (5,900 km 2) into Lavaca Bay. [12]