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MATAGORDA COUNTY,
TEXAS
28° 46' 48"
N, 96° 0' 0" W (28.78, -96)
Populations: 37,187 Est. (2016) 36,702 (2010)
Total area: 1,613 square miles (4,180 km2)
1,100 square miles (2,800 km2) land
512 square miles (1,330 km2) water
(including Matagorda Bay. See maps
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Matagorda County
History
1936
Centennial Monument:
MATAGORDA COUNTY
Early home of the Karankawa Indians. Landing place of LaSalle
in 1685. Settled 1822-1836 by colonists of Stephen
F. Austin.
The municipality of Matagorda organized under the Mexican Government
on March 6, 1834.
Became on March 17, 1836, Matagorda County, which was organized
in July 1837.
Matagorda,
was the county seat, 1837-1894,
Bay City since
1894.
In Memory Of
James Cummins, Hosea H. League, Elias R. Weightman, Seth Ingram,
Horatio Chriesman, William Selkirk, early settlers. Mary S. Wrightman
Helms, the first woman teacher in Texas. Ira Ingram, Silas Densmore,
members of the Convention of 1832. R.R. Royals, Ira L. Lewis, Charles
Wilson, Delegates to the Consultation. Bailey Hardeman, Samuel Rhodes
Fisher, signers of the Declaration of Independence. George M. Collingsworth
and the men who served under him during thr struggle for Texas Independence.
A.C. Horton, Lieutenant Govenor of Texas. The citizens of early
Matagorda County who contributed to the economic, cultural, and
spiritual development. Matagorda County has contributed to the development
of Texas culture. The pioneer woman teacher Mary S. Wrightman Helms,1829;
an early newspaper The Matagorda Bulletin, 1837; First Episcopal
Church, 1839; first request for promotion of free school, that of
Ira Ingram, 1837.
Erected by the State of Texas 1936
1936 Centennial Marker:
MATAGORDA COUNTY
Organized March 6, 1834, into the Mexican municipality of Matagorda
created a county of the same name in 1836, organized in 1837.
Named for the Bay on which it fronts.
County seat, Matagorda
1837-1894
Bay City,
since.
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Matagorda County
City & Town List
Cities, Towns &
Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments,
museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images,
area destinations, hotels,
and forum.
County Seat - Bay
City
Book Hotel Here - Bay
City Hotels |
Matagorda
County Vintage Maps
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From
1907 Texas state map #2090 showing Matagorda County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
From
1920 Texas state map #10749 showing Matagorda County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
From
1940 Texas state map #4335 showing Matagorda County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
Matagorda
County Centennial Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, August 2011 |
Matagorda
County Texas Centennial Monument
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, August 2011 |
Matagorda
County Texas Centennial Monument
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, August 2011 |
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