Matagorda, Texas

Coordinates: 28°41′27″N 95°58′03″W / 28.69083°N 95.96750°W / 28.69083; -95.96750
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Matagorda
Town
UTC-6 (Central Time Zone)
GNIS feature ID2586960[1]
Bay City Public Library Matagorda Branch

Matagorda (

Farm to Market Road 2031, which runs over the Intracoastal Waterway and south to the Gulf of Mexico
.

History

Matagorda is the third-oldest

Mexican government to build a town to protect incoming settlers.[5] Elias R. Wightman, one of Stephen F. Austin
's early surveyors, traveled to Matagorda in 1829 with 60 immigrant settlers.

24 historical markers are in the township of Matagorda.[6] Matagorda was named by early Spanish settlers after the dense foliage which grew near the coast. The name means "fat thicket" in Spanish [7]

Demographics

Matagorda racial composition as of 2020[8]
(NH = non-Hispanic) [a]
Race Number Percentage
White
(NH) 		276 88.18%
Black or African American
(NH) 		5 1.6%
Mixed/multi-racial (NH) 9 2.88%
Hispanic or Latino 23 7.35%
Total 313

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 313 people, 242 households, and 167 families residing in the CDP.

Characteristics

Matagorda's beach area has access to both East and West Matagorda Bays, Matagorda Beach, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Since 1997, 234 different species of birds have been spotted by the North American Audubon Christmas Bird Count.[11] Among the species reported are the prairie warbler, common poorwill, broad-winged hawk, MacGillivray's warbler, and Swainson's warbler.

Education

K-8 school
district.

The designated community college for Matagorda Independent School District is Wharton County Junior College.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Matagorda, Texas
  2. ^ "Matagorda Bay". Dictionary.com. Random House, Inc. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Texas: 2010 — Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. September 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "Matagorda Area Chamber of Commerce". www.matagordachamber.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  5. ^ J., KLEINER, DIANA. "MATAGORDA, TX". tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2015-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Matagorda County Historical Markers". www.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  7. ^ Cambridge.org
  8. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  9. ^ https://www.census.gov/ [not specific enough to verify]
  10. ^ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Matagorda Area Chamber of Commerce — Birding". www.matagordachamber.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  12. ^ Texas Education Code Sec. 130.211. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
  1. ^ Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[9][10]

External links

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