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Rockport is a city and county seat of Aransas County, Texas, United States. The population was 10,070 at the 2020 census . Rockport is adjacent to the town of Fulton , and many refer to the combined communities as "Rockport-Fulton"; however, Rockport and Fulton are legally separate municipalities.
Aransas County (/ ə ˈ r æ n z ə s / ə-RAN-zəss) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is Rockport. [2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,830. [3] Aransas County comprises the Rockport, Texas micropolitan statistical area.
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
As of 2023, the largest of these is the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA, encompassing the area around the twin cities of Dallas and Fort Worth in the northern part of the state. Owing to its large area and population - the second-highest amongst the 50 states in both respects [2] [3] - Texas contains the most statistical areas of any state.
Fulton is a town in Aransas County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, this South Texas coastal fishing community had a population of 1,523. The town is named for George Ware Fulton, a land developer in the area.
The cities of Rockport and Fulton on the main Aransas Bay are located only a few miles away, and the bay is usually considered a part of the collective Rockport-Fulton area. The bay is roughly 150 miles (240 km) southeast of San Antonio and about 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Corpus Christi .
Palm Harbor is an unincorporated community in Aransas County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, its population was 125 in 2000. It is located within the Corpus Christi metropolitan area.
Holiday Beach is situated on the eastern shore of Copano Bay along State Highway 35 in Aransas County, approximately 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Rockport. [4]According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km 2), of which 1.6 square miles (4.1 km 2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2) is water.