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    Matagorda County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,255. Its county seat is Bay City, not to...
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    Matagorda (/ˈmætəˈɡɔːrdə/ ) is a census-designated place in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. It is located near the mouth of the Colorado River...
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    Bay City is a city and the county seat of Matagorda County, Texas, United States. The population was 17,614 at the 2010 census and 18,061 at the 2020 census...
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    of Texas List of tributaries of the Colorado River (Texas) Matagorda Bay—the river's mouth Texas Hill Country "Colorado River". Geographic Names Information...
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    Matagorda Bay (/ˌmætəˈɡɔːrdə/ ) is a large Gulf of Mexico bay on the Texas coast, lying in Calhoun and Matagorda counties and located approximately 80...
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    Palacios (/pəˈlæʃəs/ pə-LASH-əs) is a city in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,395 at the 2020 census. The native inhabitants...
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    small unincorporated community located in the eastern corner of Matagorda County, Texas, United States. Sargent is a fishing, boating, and water sports...
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    Matagorda Island (/ˌmætəˈɡɔːrdə/ ), Spanish for "thick bush," is a 38-mile (61 km) long barrier island on the Texas Gulf coast, located approximately...
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    (CDP) in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. The population total represents one of the few areas with positive growth in Matagorda County. The 2010...
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  • Matagorda may refer to: Geography Matagorda, Texas, an unincorporated community in Texas Matagorda Bay, on the coast of Texas Matagorda County, Texas...
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  • Caney is an unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. Van Vleck Independent School District operates schools in the area. The...
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  • James Boyd Hawkins (category People from Matagorda County, Texas)
    Texas in 1846. He settled near the Caney Creek, a Southern plantation in Matagorda County. He established in the Hawkins Ranch in Matagorda County, Texas...
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    Blessing is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. Blessing got its start when the railroad finally was extended to...
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    in Matagorda County. Texas portal Sugar Land, Texas Wharton, Texas Fort Bend County, Texas Wharton County, Texas "Accreditation". Wharton County Junior...
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  • Hawkinsville was a community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. In 2018, there were a few homes nearby, several businesses one mile to the south...
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  • Blessing, Texas (USA) in western Matagorda County. It runs 12.5 miles (20 km) southwest to Turtle Bay, west of Palacios. List of rivers of Texas Turtle Creek...
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  • Thumbnail for Indianola, Texas
    on Matagorda Bay in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. The community, once the county seat of Calhoun County, is a part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan...
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  • peninsula is in Matagorda County, Texas. The barrier island lies between Matagorda Bay, an estuary, and the Gulf of Mexico. The Texas Gulf Coast island has...
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  • Thumbnail for Matagorda County Monument
    The Matagorda County Monument, in Bay City, Texas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. It was designed by architects Page...
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    Markham is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. Named in 1903 for Charles H. Markham, a railroad engineer for Southern...
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  • Pledger is an unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. Pledger has a post office, with the ZIP code 77468. Union Missionary...
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    a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Matagorda County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts...
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    Josiah P. Wilbarger (category People from Matagorda County, Texas)
    County, Missouri, in 1823 and married Margaret Barker in September 1827. They left for Texas soon after the wedding and reached what is now Matagorda...
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  • unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States, located nine miles southwest of Bay City, the county seat of Matagorda County. J. W. Stoddard...
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  • to Texas to avoid emancipation, Yates, then a free man, asked to be re-enslaved in order to stay with his family. He joined his family in Matagorda County...
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  • White provided depositions asserting that a Moses Morrison of Matagorda County, Texas, had purchased her, her siblings, and their mother in 1848 for...
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    Jackson County (north) Matagorda County (east) (Gulf of Mexico) (southeast) Aransas County (southwest) Refugio County (west) Victoria County (northwest)...
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    granite statue of Jesus located in Palacios, Texas. The statue is placed on private land near the edge of Matagorda Bay. In 1975, many Vietnamese fled Vietnam...
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    East Matagorda Bay is a bay off Matagorda County on the Texas Gulf Coast (at 28°43' N, 95°49' W), enclosed by the Matagorda Peninsula and the tidal flats...
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    Kaufman, Kendall, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Madison, Matagorda, McLennan, Medina, Milam, Montgomery, Navarro, Orange, Parker, Rockwall...
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