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Anahuac (/ ˈ æ n ə w æ k / AN-ə-wak) [4] is a city in the U.S. state of Texas on the coast of Trinity Bay. The population of the city was 1,980 at the 2020 census. [5] Anahuac is the seat of Chambers County [6] and is situated in Southeast Texas. The Texas Legislature designated the city as the "Alligator Capital of Texas" in 1989.
To see all locations together in a map, click on "Map all coordinates using OpenSourceMap" at right. ... Fort Anahuac: Fort Anahuac. July 1, 1981 : Corner of Main St ...
Anahuac was located on the east side of the Trinity River near the north shore of Galveston Bay, which placed it astride the trade route between Texas and Louisiana and from there to the rest of the United States. In new attempts to curtail smuggling and enforce customs tariffs from the coastal settlements, Mexico placed a garrison there after ...
Dunn's Fort (near Wheelock) Fort Anáhuac (near Anahuac) Fort Defiance – later known as Fort Goliad – previously Presidio la Bahía (near Goliad) Fort Houston (near Palestine, Texas) Fort Lipantitlan (near Mathis) Presidio de San Antonio de Béjar (in San Antonio) Fort Tenoxtitlán (near Cooks Point) Fort Terán (near Rockland) Fort Travis ...
Anahuac NWR entrance sign. The Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), west of the town of High Island, Texas. It borders East Bay, part of the Galveston Bay complex, behind Bolivar Peninsula at the Gulf of Mexico.
The Trinity River as viewed from Reunion Tower in Dallas in August 2015. The Trinity River is a 710-mile (1,140 km) [2] river, the longest with a watershed entirely within the U.S. state of Texas.
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Mission Nuestra Señora de la Luz, a Spanish mission in Texas, was established in 1756 near what is now Wallisville. [5]Chambers County was founded in 1858. It is named for Thomas Jefferson Chambers, [6] a major general in the Texas Revolution.