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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Matagorda County, Texas</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A4%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="ماتاقوردا بؤلگهسی، تکزاس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ماتاقوردا بؤلگهسی، تکزاس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_K%C5%ABn_(Texas)" title="Matagorda Kūn (Texas) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Matagorda Kūn (Texas)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0)" title="Матагорда (акруга) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Матагорда (акруга)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Матагорда (окръг, Тексас) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Матагорда (окръг, Тексас)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_County,_Texas" title="Matagorda County, Texas – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Matagorda County, Texas" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_County" title="Matagorda County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Matagorda County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_County" title="Matagorda County – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Matagorda County" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_County,_Texas" title="Matagorda County, Texas – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Matagorda County, Texas" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_County,_Texas" title="Matagorda County, Texas – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Matagorda County, Texas" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_County" title="Matagorda County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Matagorda County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_maakond" title="Matagorda maakond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Matagorda maakond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Matagorda" title="Condado de Matagorda – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Matagorda" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Matagorda_(Teksaso)" title="Kantono Matagorda (Teksaso) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Matagorda (Teksaso)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_konderria_(Texas)" title="Matagorda konderria (Texas) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Matagorda konderria (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="شهرستان ماتاگوردا، تگزاس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان ماتاگوردا، تگزاس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Matagorda" title="Comté de Matagorda – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Matagorda" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Matagorda,_Texas" title="Contae Matagorda, Texas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Matagorda, Texas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3)" title="ماتاگوردا شأرستان (تگزاس) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="ماتاگوردا شأرستان (تگزاس)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%ED%83%80%EA%B3%A0%EB%A5%B4%EB%8B%A4%EA%B5%B0" title="마타고르다군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마타고르다군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%A1_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%8F%D5%A5%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%BD)" title="Մատագորդա շրջան (Տեխաս) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մատագորդա շրջան (Տեխաս)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8" title="মাতাগোর্ডা কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মাতাগোর্ডা কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Matagorda" title="Contea di Matagorda – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Matagorda" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3)" title="ماتاگوردا شهرستان (تگزاس) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="ماتاگوردا شهرستان (تگزاس)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_G%C3%B4ng_(Texas)" title="Matagorda Gông (Texas) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Matagorda Gông (Texas)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Matagorda County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matagorda_County_Texas_Courthouse_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Matagorda County Courthouse and Confederate Soldier Statue in Bay City"><img alt="The Matagorda County Courthouse and Confederate Soldier Statue in Bay City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Matagorda_County_Texas_Courthouse_2016.jpg/250px-Matagorda_County_Texas_Courthouse_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Matagorda_County_Texas_Courthouse_2016.jpg/375px-Matagorda_County_Texas_Courthouse_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Matagorda_County_Texas_Courthouse_2016.jpg/500px-Matagorda_County_Texas_Courthouse_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2419" data-file-height="1361" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The Matagorda County Courthouse and Confederate Soldier Statue in Bay City</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Matagorda_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Texas"><img alt="Map of Texas highlighting Matagorda County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Matagorda_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Matagorda_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Matagorda_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Matagorda_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Matagorda_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Matagorda_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="1317" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Texas's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/300px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/450px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/600px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Texas's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Matagorda_County,_Texas&params=28.78_N_96_W_type:city(36255)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">28°47′N</span> <span class="longitude">96°00′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">28.78°N 96°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">28.78; -96</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/23px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/35px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/45px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1836</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Texas" title="Bay City, Texas">Bay City</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Bay City</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,613 sq mi (4,180 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">1,100 sq mi (3,000 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">512 sq mi (1,330 km<sup>2</sup>)  32%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">36,255</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">22/sq mi (8.7/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="Texas's 22nd congressional district">22nd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.matagorda.tx.us">www<wbr />.co<wbr />.matagorda<wbr />.tx<wbr />.us</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MatagordaCountyOfficeBuilding.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/MatagordaCountyOfficeBuilding.JPG/220px-MatagordaCountyOfficeBuilding.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/MatagordaCountyOfficeBuilding.JPG/330px-MatagordaCountyOfficeBuilding.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/MatagordaCountyOfficeBuilding.JPG/440px-MatagordaCountyOfficeBuilding.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Matagorda County Office Building</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Matagorda County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, its population was 36,255.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Texas" title="Bay City, Texas">Bay City</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> not to be confused with the larger <a href="/wiki/Baytown,_Texas" title="Baytown, Texas">Baytown</a> in <a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chambers_County,_Texas" title="Chambers County, Texas">Chambers</a> Counties. Matagorda County is named for the <a href="/wiki/Canebrake" title="Canebrake">canebrakes</a> that once grew along the coast (<i>matagorda</i> is a Spanish word meaning "thick bush"). </p><p>Matagorda County comprises the Bay City, TX <a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">micropolitan statistical area</a>, which is also included in the <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>-<a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a>, TX <a href="/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston">combined statistical area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 1,613 square miles (4,180 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 512 square miles (1,330 km<sup>2</sup>) (32%) are covered by water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The water area includes <a href="/wiki/Matagorda_Bay" title="Matagorda Bay">Matagorda Bay</a>. It borders the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_35.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Texas_35.svg/20px-Texas_35.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Texas_35.svg/30px-Texas_35.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Texas_35.svg/40px-Texas_35.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_35" title="Texas State Highway 35">State Highway 35</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_60.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Texas_60.svg/20px-Texas_60.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Texas_60.svg/30px-Texas_60.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Texas_60.svg/40px-Texas_60.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_60" title="Texas State Highway 60">State Highway 60</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_71.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Texas_71.svg/20px-Texas_71.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Texas_71.svg/30px-Texas_71.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Texas_71.svg/40px-Texas_71.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_71" title="Texas State Highway 71">State Highway 71</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_111.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Texas_111.svg/20px-Texas_111.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Texas_111.svg/30px-Texas_111.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Texas_111.svg/40px-Texas_111.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_111" title="Texas State Highway 111">State Highway 111</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>2,124</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>3,454</td><td></td><td>62.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>3,377</td><td></td><td>−2.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>3,940</td><td></td><td>16.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>3,985</td><td></td><td>1.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>6,097</td><td></td><td>53.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>13,597</td><td></td><td>123.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>16,589</td><td></td><td>22.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>17,678</td><td></td><td>6.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>20,066</td><td></td><td>13.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>21,559</td><td></td><td>7.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>25,744</td><td></td><td>19.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>27,913</td><td></td><td>8.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>37,828</td><td></td><td>35.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>36,928</td><td></td><td>−2.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>37,957</td><td></td><td>2.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>36,702</td><td></td><td>−3.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>36,255</td><td></td><td>−1.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1850–2010<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Matagorda County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>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 may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>19,900 </td> <td>17,400 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">15,355 </td> <td>52.43% </td> <td>47.41% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">42.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>4,778 </td> <td>4,060 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3,734 </td> <td>12.59% </td> <td>11.06% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">10.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>125 </td> <td>104 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">99 </td> <td>0.33% </td> <td>0.28% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>891 </td> <td>693 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">700 </td> <td>2.35% </td> <td>1.89% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>6 </td> <td>7 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">7 </td> <td>0.02% </td> <td>0.02% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>23 </td> <td>33 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">103 </td> <td>0.06% </td> <td>0.09% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>336 </td> <td>331 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">802 </td> <td>0.89% </td> <td>0.90% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>11,898 </td> <td>14,074 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">15,455 </td> <td>31.35% </td> <td>38.35% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">42.63% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>37,957</b> </td> <td><b>36,702</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>36,255</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR8_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, 37,957 people, 13,901 households, and 9,925 families were residing in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 34 people per square mile (13 people/km<sup>2</sup>). The 18,611 housing units averaged 17 units per square mile (6.6/km<sup>2</sup>). The <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">racial makeup</a> of the county was 67.83% White, 12.72% African American, 0.67% Native American, 2.38% Asian, 14.02% from other races, and 2.38% from two or more races. About 31.35% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. By ancestry, 10.3% were of <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a>, 8.2% <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a>, 5.4% <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a>, and 5.2% <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> according to <a href="/wiki/Census_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Census 2000">Census 2000</a>, and 73.9% spoke <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, 24.0% <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>, and 1.6% <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a> as their first language. </p><p>Of the 13,901 households, 36.70% had children under 18 living with them, 53.80% were married couples living together, 12.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were not families. About 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.70, and the average family size was 3.25. </p><p>In the county, the age distribution was 30.0% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.60 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 95.5 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $32,174, and for a family was $40,586. Males had a median income of $37,733 versus $21,871 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $15,709. About 14.90% of families and 18.50% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 23.00% of those under age 18 and 13.60% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matagorda_County_Museum_in_Bay_City.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Matagorda_County_Museum_in_Bay_City.jpg/220px-Matagorda_County_Museum_in_Bay_City.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Matagorda_County_Museum_in_Bay_City.jpg/330px-Matagorda_County_Museum_in_Bay_City.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Matagorda_County_Museum_in_Bay_City.jpg/440px-Matagorda_County_Museum_in_Bay_City.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3386" data-file-height="3016" /></a><figcaption>The Matagorda County Museum in Bay City is located across from the Courthouse.</figcaption></figure> <p>Rice is grown extensively in Matagorda County, as are St. Augustine and other turf grasses. In addition to a wealth of <a href="/wiki/Offshore_oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Offshore oil">offshore</a> <a href="/wiki/Oil_rig" title="Oil rig">oil rigs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas_extraction" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural gas extraction">natural gas extraction</a> facilities all over the county, two petrochemical processing plants (Celanese and Equistar) and the <a href="/wiki/South_Texas_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="South Texas Project">South Texas Project</a> nuclear power plant operate within the county. Matagorda County has secluded, extensive forests, wetlands, prairie, and coastal regions. The Gulf Coast floodplain has several conditions conducive to a variety of ecosystems and recreational activities evident by the highest count of migrating birds in the United States. Fishing (on- and offshore), hunting, and scuba diving are large parts of the recreation industry due to the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_River_(Texas)" title="Colorado River (Texas)">Colorado River</a>, the forests, and Matagorda Bay. The Rio Colorado Golf Course and a birdwatching park are on the Colorado River near the <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_35" title="Texas State Highway 35">State Highway 35</a> bridge, and several wildlife preserves are located around the county, a portion of which is land bought for that purpose by the two major petrochemical refineries and nuclear plant in the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">School districts</a> serving Matagorda County include:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay_City_Independent_School_District" title="Bay City Independent School District">Bay City Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boling_Independent_School_District" title="Boling Independent School District">Boling Independent School District</a> (partial)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matagorda_Independent_School_District" title="Matagorda Independent School District">Matagorda Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palacios_Independent_School_District" title="Palacios Independent School District">Palacios Independent School District</a> (partial)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tidehaven_Independent_School_District" title="Tidehaven Independent School District">Tidehaven Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Vleck_Independent_School_District" title="Van Vleck Independent School District">Van Vleck Independent School District</a></li></ul> <p>Residents in Bay City, Boling, Matagorda, Palacios, Tidehaven, and Van Vleck ISDs (in other words, the entire county) are in the service area of <a href="/wiki/Wharton_County_Junior_College" title="Wharton County Junior College">Wharton County Junior College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Texas" title="Bay City, Texas">Bay City</a> (county seat)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palacios,_Texas" title="Palacios, Texas">Palacios</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blessing,_Texas" title="Blessing, Texas">Blessing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markham,_Texas" title="Markham, Texas">Markham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matagorda,_Texas" title="Matagorda, Texas">Matagorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Vleck,_Texas" title="Van Vleck, Texas">Van Vleck</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allenhurst,_Texas" title="Allenhurst, Texas">Allenhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckeye,_Texas" title="Buckeye, Texas">Buckeye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caney,_Matagorda_County,_Texas" title="Caney, Matagorda County, Texas">Caney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Lake,_Texas" title="Cedar Lake, Texas">Cedar Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Lane,_Texas" title="Cedar Lane, Texas">Cedar Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collegeport,_Texas" title="Collegeport, Texas">Collegeport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmaton,_Texas" title="Elmaton, Texas">El Maton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkinsville,_Texas" title="Hawkinsville, Texas">Hawkinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midfield,_Texas" title="Midfield, Texas">Midfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pledger,_Texas" title="Pledger, Texas">Pledger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sargent,_Texas" title="Sargent, Texas">Sargent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadsworth,_Texas" title="Wadsworth, Texas">Wadsworth</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ghost_towns">Ghost towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ghost towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Hawley<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Boyd_Hawkins" title="James Boyd Hawkins">James Boyd Hawkins</a>, a planter and rancher, was the founder of <a href="/wiki/Hawkins_Ranch" title="Hawkins Ranch">Hawkins Plantation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-evolutionofan_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evolutionofan-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Siringo" title="Charlie Siringo">Charlie Siringo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hortense_Sparks_Ward" title="Hortense Sparks Ward">Hortense Sparks Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priscilla_Richman" title="Priscilla Richman">Priscilla Richman</a>, chief judge of the <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth Circuit">Fifth Circuit</a></li> <li>William Abrams (W.A.) Price was the first black attorney, the first black judge, and the first black man elected county attorney in Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Daughters_of_the_Confederacy_on_the_Matagorda_County_Courthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Monument erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy on the Matagorda County Courthouse Square in Bay City in 1913"><img alt="Monument erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy on the Matagorda County Courthouse Square in Bay City in 1913" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Daughters_of_the_Confederacy_on_the_Matagorda_County_Courthouse.jpg/84px-Daughters_of_the_Confederacy_on_the_Matagorda_County_Courthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="84" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Daughters_of_the_Confederacy_on_the_Matagorda_County_Courthouse.jpg/126px-Daughters_of_the_Confederacy_on_the_Matagorda_County_Courthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Daughters_of_the_Confederacy_on_the_Matagorda_County_Courthouse.jpg/167px-Daughters_of_the_Confederacy_on_the_Matagorda_County_Courthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1332" data-file-height="1907" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Monument erected by the <a href="/wiki/Daughters_of_the_Confederacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Daughters of the Confederacy">Daughters of the Confederacy</a> on the Matagorda County Courthouse Square in <a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Texas" title="Bay City, Texas">Bay City</a> in 1913</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Episcopal_Church_Palacios_TX.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Episcopal Church, Palacios"><img alt="Episcopal Church, Palacios" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Episcopal_Church_Palacios_TX.jpg/120px-Episcopal_Church_Palacios_TX.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Episcopal_Church_Palacios_TX.jpg/180px-Episcopal_Church_Palacios_TX.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Episcopal_Church_Palacios_TX.jpg/240px-Episcopal_Church_Palacios_TX.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Episcopal Church, <a href="/wiki/Palacios,_Texas" title="Palacios, Texas">Palacios</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Matagorda County, Texas<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2024 United States presidential election in Texas">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,957 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>74.80%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,231 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24.27% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">124 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2020 United States presidential election in Texas">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,845 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>71.72%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,733 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.19% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">149 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2016 United States presidential election in Texas">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,366 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68.60%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,500 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28.70% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">330 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2012 United States presidential election in Texas">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,040 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66.27%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,980 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.80% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">113 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2008 United States presidential election in Texas">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,835 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.32%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,440 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.88% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">98 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2004 United States presidential election in Texas">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,119 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.84%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,355 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.78% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">47 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2000 United States presidential election in Texas">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,584 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.87%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,696 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.69% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">179 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1996 United States presidential election in Texas">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,876 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>47.03%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,374 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.01% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,244 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1992 United States presidential election in Texas">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,328 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>40.47%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,759 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.15% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,078 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">23.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1988 United States presidential election in Texas">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,787 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.01%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,675 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.16% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">104 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.83% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1984 United States presidential election in Texas">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,452 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.72%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,201 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.98% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">41 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1980 United States presidential election in Texas">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,545 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.41%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,585 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.16% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">252 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1976 United States presidential election in Texas">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,679 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.14% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,971 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.94%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">81 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1972 United States presidential election in Texas">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,003 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66.75%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,473 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.00% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1968 United States presidential election in Texas">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,094 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.55% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,595 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>42.46%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,777 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20.99% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1964 United States presidential election in Texas">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,407 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.72% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,143 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.20%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1960 United States presidential election in Texas">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,975 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.60%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,971 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.53% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">52 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1956 United States presidential election in Texas">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,927 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66.46%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,904 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.22% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">78 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1952 United States presidential election in Texas">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,122 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66.23%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,101 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.76% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1948 United States presidential election in Texas">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,016 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30.80% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,628 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.35%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">655 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">19.85% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1944 United States presidential election in Texas">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">412 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13.43% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,854 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>60.45%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">801 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1940 United States presidential election in Texas">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">651 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23.14% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,156 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>76.64%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1936 United States presidential election in Texas">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">459 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21.21% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,700 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>78.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1932 United States presidential election in Texas">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">408 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16.58% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,039 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>82.85%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1928 United States presidential election in Texas">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,194 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.85%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">829 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.86% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1924 United States presidential election in Texas">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">893 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.62% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,353 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.99%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">128 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1920 United States presidential election in Texas">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">918 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.90% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">992 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47.44%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">181 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.66% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1916 United States presidential election in Texas">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">252 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23.10% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">748 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">91 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1912 United States presidential election in Texas">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">107 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9.64% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">710 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.96%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">293 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26.40% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matagorda_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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Texas">Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas">Fort Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston_County,_Texas" title="Galveston County, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Texas" title="Liberty County, Texas">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waller_County,_Texas" title="Waller County, Texas">Waller</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HSB_MSA.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area"><img alt="Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/HSB_MSA.png/100px-HSB_MSA.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alvin,_Texas" title="Alvin, Texas">Alvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angleton,_Texas" title="Angleton, Texas">Angleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellaire,_Texas" title="Bellaire, Texas">Bellaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clute,_Texas" title="Clute, Texas">Clute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Park,_Texas" title="Deer Park, Texas">Deer Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson,_Texas" title="Dickinson, Texas">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Texas" title="Freeport, Texas">Freeport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendswood,_Texas" title="Friendswood, Texas">Friendswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galena_Park,_Texas" title="Galena Park, Texas">Galena Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humble,_Texas" title="Humble, Texas">Humble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacinto_City,_Texas" title="Jacinto City, Texas">Jacinto City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy,_Texas" title="Katy, Texas">Katy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Jackson,_Texas" title="Lake Jackson, Texas">Lake Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Marque,_Texas" title="La Marque, Texas">La Marque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Porte,_Texas" title="La Porte, Texas">La Porte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_City,_Texas" title="League City, Texas">League City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manvel,_Texas" title="Manvel, Texas">Manvel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_City,_Texas" title="Missouri City, Texas">Missouri City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_Texas" title="Pasadena, Texas">Pasadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearland,_Texas" title="Pearland, Texas">Pearland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Texas" title="Richmond, Texas">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosenberg,_Texas" title="Rosenberg, Texas">Rosenberg</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Cloverleaf,_Texas" title="Cloverleaf, Texas">Cloverleaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosby,_Texas" title="Crosby, Texas">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypress,_Texas" title="Cypress, Texas">Cypress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno,_Texas" title="Fresno, Texas">Fresno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hockley,_Texas" title="Hockley, Texas">Hockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klein,_Texas" title="Klein, Texas">Klein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Bolivar,_Texas" title="Port Bolivar, Texas">Port Bolivar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring,_Texas" title="Spring, Texas">Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bodies of water</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bayou" title="Buffalo Bayou">Buffalo 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href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Texas" title="Anderson County, Texas">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrews_County,_Texas" title="Andrews County, Texas">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angelina_County,_Texas" title="Angelina County, Texas">Angelina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aransas_County,_Texas" title="Aransas County, Texas">Aransas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archer_County,_Texas" title="Archer County, Texas">Archer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_County,_Texas" title="Armstrong County, Texas">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atascosa_County,_Texas" title="Atascosa County, Texas">Atascosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_County,_Texas" title="Austin County, Texas">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_County,_Texas" title="Bailey County, Texas">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandera_County,_Texas" title="Bandera County, Texas">Bandera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastrop_County,_Texas" title="Bastrop County, Texas">Bastrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baylor_County,_Texas" title="Baylor County, Texas">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bee_County,_Texas" title="Bee County, Texas">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_County,_Texas" title="Bell County, Texas">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexar_County,_Texas" title="Bexar County, Texas">Bexar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanco_County,_Texas" title="Blanco County, Texas">Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borden_County,_Texas" title="Borden County, Texas">Borden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosque_County,_Texas" title="Bosque County, Texas">Bosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowie_County,_Texas" title="Bowie County, Texas">Bowie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County,_Texas" title="Brazoria County, Texas">Brazoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazos_County,_Texas" title="Brazos County, Texas">Brazos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_County,_Texas" title="Brewster County, Texas">Brewster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briscoe_County,_Texas" title="Briscoe County, Texas">Briscoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_County,_Texas" title="Brooks County, Texas">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Texas" title="Brown County, Texas">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleson_County,_Texas" title="Burleson County, Texas">Burleson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnet_County,_Texas" title="Burnet County, Texas">Burnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Texas" title="Caldwell County, Texas">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Texas" title="Calhoun County, Texas">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callahan_County,_Texas" title="Callahan County, Texas">Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_County,_Texas" title="Cameron County, Texas">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_County,_Texas" title="Camp County, Texas">Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carson_County,_Texas" title="Carson County, Texas">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Texas" title="Cass County, Texas">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castro_County,_Texas" title="Castro County, Texas">Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambers_County,_Texas" title="Chambers County, Texas">Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Texas" title="Cherokee County, Texas">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Childress_County,_Texas" title="Childress County, Texas">Childress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Texas" title="Clay County, Texas">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochran_County,_Texas" title="Cochran County, Texas">Cochran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coke_County,_Texas" title="Coke County, Texas">Coke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleman_County,_Texas" title="Coleman County, Texas">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collin_County,_Texas" title="Collin County, Texas">Collin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collingsworth_County,_Texas" title="Collingsworth County, Texas">Collingsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_County,_Texas" title="Colorado County, Texas">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comal_County,_Texas" title="Comal County, Texas">Comal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comanche_County,_Texas" title="Comanche County, Texas">Comanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concho_County,_Texas" title="Concho County, Texas">Concho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooke_County,_Texas" title="Cooke County, Texas">Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coryell_County,_Texas" title="Coryell County, Texas">Coryell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottle_County,_Texas" title="Cottle County, Texas">Cottle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crane_County,_Texas" title="Crane County, Texas">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett_County,_Texas" title="Crockett County, Texas">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosby_County,_Texas" title="Crosby County, Texas">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culberson_County,_Texas" title="Culberson County, Texas">Culberson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallam_County,_Texas" title="Dallam County, Texas">Dallam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_County,_Texas" title="Dallas County, Texas">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawson_County,_Texas" title="Dawson County, Texas">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deaf_Smith_County,_Texas" title="Deaf Smith County, Texas">Deaf Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Texas" title="Delta County, Texas">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton_County,_Texas" title="Denton County, Texas">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Texas" title="DeWitt County, Texas">DeWitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickens_County,_Texas" title="Dickens County, Texas">Dickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimmit_County,_Texas" title="Dimmit County, Texas">Dimmit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donley_County,_Texas" title="Donley County, Texas">Donley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duval_County,_Texas" title="Duval County, Texas">Duval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastland_County,_Texas" title="Eastland County, Texas">Eastland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Texas" title="Edwards County, Texas">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Texas" title="El Paso County, Texas">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellis_County,_Texas" title="Ellis County, Texas">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erath_County,_Texas" title="Erath County, Texas">Erath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_County,_Texas" title="Falls County, Texas">Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannin_County,_Texas" title="Fannin County, Texas">Fannin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Texas" title="Fayette County, Texas">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_County,_Texas" title="Fisher County, Texas">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Texas" title="Floyd County, Texas">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foard_County,_Texas" title="Foard County, Texas">Foard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas">Fort Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Texas" title="Franklin County, Texas">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestone_County,_Texas" title="Freestone County, Texas">Freestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frio_County,_Texas" title="Frio County, Texas">Frio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaines_County,_Texas" title="Gaines County, Texas">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston_County,_Texas" title="Galveston County, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garza_County,_Texas" title="Garza County, Texas">Garza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillespie_County,_Texas" title="Gillespie County, Texas">Gillespie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasscock_County,_Texas" title="Glasscock County, Texas">Glasscock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goliad_County,_Texas" title="Goliad County, Texas">Goliad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonzales_County,_Texas" title="Gonzales County, Texas">Gonzales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_County,_Texas" title="Gray County, Texas">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Texas" title="Grayson County, Texas">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_County,_Texas" title="Gregg County, Texas">Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimes_County,_Texas" title="Grimes County, Texas">Grimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_County,_Texas" title="Guadalupe County, Texas">Guadalupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale_County,_Texas" title="Hale County, Texas">Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_County,_Texas" title="Hall County, Texas">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Texas" title="Hamilton County, Texas">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansford_County,_Texas" title="Hansford County, Texas">Hansford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardeman_County,_Texas" title="Hardeman County, Texas">Hardeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Texas" title="Hardin County, Texas">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_Texas" title="Harrison County, Texas">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartley_County,_Texas" title="Hartley County, Texas">Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskell_County,_Texas" title="Haskell County, Texas">Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hays_County,_Texas" title="Hays County, Texas">Hays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemphill_County,_Texas" title="Hemphill County, Texas">Hemphill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Texas" title="Henderson County, Texas">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidalgo_County,_Texas" title="Hidalgo County, Texas">Hidalgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_County,_Texas" title="Hill County, Texas">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hockley_County,_Texas" title="Hockley County, Texas">Hockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hood_County,_Texas" title="Hood County, Texas">Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkins_County,_Texas" title="Hopkins County, Texas">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Texas" title="Houston County, Texas">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Texas" title="Howard County, Texas">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudspeth_County,_Texas" title="Hudspeth County, Texas">Hudspeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_County,_Texas" title="Hunt County, Texas">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_County,_Texas" title="Hutchinson County, Texas">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irion_County,_Texas" title="Irion County, Texas">Irion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_County,_Texas" title="Jack County, Texas">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Texas" title="Jackson County, Texas">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_Texas" title="Jasper County, Texas">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Davis_County,_Texas" title="Jeff Davis County, Texas">Jeff Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Texas" title="Jefferson County, Texas">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hogg_County,_Texas" title="Jim Hogg County, Texas">Jim Hogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wells_County,_Texas" title="Jim Wells County, Texas">Jim Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Texas" title="Johnson County, Texas">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_Texas" title="Jones County, Texas">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnes_County,_Texas" title="Karnes County, Texas">Karnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaufman_County,_Texas" title="Kaufman County, Texas">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Texas" title="Kendall County, Texas">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenedy_County,_Texas" title="Kenedy County, Texas">Kenedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Texas" title="Kent County, Texas">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerr_County,_Texas" title="Kerr County, Texas">Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimble_County,_Texas" title="Kimble County, Texas">Kimble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_County,_Texas" title="King County, Texas">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinney_County,_Texas" title="Kinney County, Texas">Kinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kleberg_County,_Texas" title="Kleberg County, Texas">Kleberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Texas" title="Knox County, Texas">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_County,_Texas" title="La Salle County, Texas">La Salle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Texas" title="Lamar County, Texas">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb_County,_Texas" title="Lamb County, Texas">Lamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampasas_County,_Texas" title="Lampasas County, Texas">Lampasas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavaca_County,_Texas" title="Lavaca County, Texas">Lavaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Texas" title="Lee County, Texas">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_County,_Texas" title="Leon County, Texas">Leon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Texas" title="Liberty County, Texas">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone_County,_Texas" title="Limestone County, Texas">Limestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipscomb_County,_Texas" title="Lipscomb County, Texas">Lipscomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_Oak_County,_Texas" title="Live Oak County, Texas">Live Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_County,_Texas" title="Llano County, Texas">Llano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loving_County,_Texas" title="Loving County, Texas">Loving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock_County,_Texas" title="Lubbock County, Texas">Lubbock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_County,_Texas" title="Lynn County, Texas">Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Texas" title="Madison County, Texas">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Texas" title="Marion County, Texas">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Texas" title="Martin County, Texas">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Texas" title="Mason County, Texas">Mason</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Matagorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maverick_County,_Texas" title="Maverick County, Texas">Maverick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCulloch_County,_Texas" title="McCulloch County, Texas">McCulloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLennan_County,_Texas" title="McLennan County, Texas">McLennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMullen_County,_Texas" title="McMullen County, Texas">McMullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medina_County,_Texas" title="Medina County, Texas">Medina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Texas" title="Menard County, Texas">Menard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milam_County,_Texas" title="Milam County, Texas">Milam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mills_County,_Texas" title="Mills County, Texas">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Texas" title="Mitchell County, Texas">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague_County,_Texas" title="Montague County, Texas">Montague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_Texas" title="Moore County, Texas">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_Texas" title="Morris County, Texas">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motley_County,_Texas" title="Motley County, Texas">Motley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nacogdoches_County,_Texas" title="Nacogdoches County, Texas">Nacogdoches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navarro_County,_Texas" title="Navarro County, Texas">Navarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_County,_Texas" title="Newton County, Texas">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_County,_Texas" title="Nolan County, Texas">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nueces_County,_Texas" title="Nueces County, Texas">Nueces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ochiltree_County,_Texas" title="Ochiltree County, Texas">Ochiltree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_County,_Texas" title="Oldham County, Texas">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Texas" title="Orange County, Texas">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palo_Pinto_County,_Texas" title="Palo Pinto County, Texas">Palo Pinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panola_County,_Texas" title="Panola County, Texas">Panola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_County,_Texas" title="Parker County, Texas">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parmer_County,_Texas" title="Parmer County, Texas">Parmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos_County,_Texas" title="Pecos County, Texas">Pecos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Texas" title="Polk County, Texas">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potter_County,_Texas" title="Potter County, Texas">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidio_County,_Texas" title="Presidio County, Texas">Presidio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rains_County,_Texas" title="Rains County, Texas">Rains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_County,_Texas" title="Randall County, Texas">Randall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reagan_County,_Texas" title="Reagan County, Texas">Reagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_County,_Texas" title="Real County, Texas">Real</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_County,_Texas" title="Red River County, Texas">Red River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reeves_County,_Texas" title="Reeves County, Texas">Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refugio_County,_Texas" title="Refugio County, Texas">Refugio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberts_County,_Texas" title="Roberts County, Texas">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_County,_Texas" title="Robertson County, Texas">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwall_County,_Texas" title="Rockwall County, Texas">Rockwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runnels_County,_Texas" title="Runnels County, Texas">Runnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusk_County,_Texas" title="Rusk County, Texas">Rusk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabine_County,_Texas" title="Sabine County, Texas">Sabine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Augustine_County,_Texas" title="San Augustine County, Texas">San Augustine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_County,_Texas" title="San Jacinto County, Texas">San Jacinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Patricio_County,_Texas" title="San Patricio County, Texas">San Patricio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Saba_County,_Texas" title="San Saba County, Texas">San Saba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schleicher_County,_Texas" title="Schleicher County, Texas">Schleicher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scurry_County,_Texas" title="Scurry County, Texas">Scurry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shackelford_County,_Texas" title="Shackelford County, Texas">Shackelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Texas" title="Shelby County, Texas">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_County,_Texas" title="Sherman County, Texas">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_County,_Texas" title="Smith County, Texas">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somervell_County,_Texas" title="Somervell County, Texas">Somervell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starr_County,_Texas" title="Starr County, Texas">Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephens_County,_Texas" title="Stephens County, Texas">Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_County,_Texas" title="Sterling County, Texas">Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_County,_Texas" title="Stonewall County, Texas">Stonewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_County,_Texas" title="Sutton County, Texas">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swisher_County,_Texas" title="Swisher County, Texas">Swisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarrant_County,_Texas" title="Tarrant County, Texas">Tarrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_Texas" title="Taylor County, Texas">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_County,_Texas" title="Terrell County, Texas">Terrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_County,_Texas" title="Terry County, Texas">Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throckmorton_County,_Texas" title="Throckmorton County, Texas">Throckmorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus_County,_Texas" title="Titus County, Texas">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Green_County,_Texas" title="Tom Green County, Texas">Tom Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_County,_Texas" title="Travis County, Texas">Travis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_Texas" title="Trinity County, Texas">Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_Texas" title="Tyler County, Texas">Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upshur_County,_Texas" title="Upshur County, Texas">Upshur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upton_County,_Texas" title="Upton County, Texas">Upton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uvalde_County,_Texas" title="Uvalde County, Texas">Uvalde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Verde_County,_Texas" title="Val Verde County, Texas">Val Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Zandt_County,_Texas" title="Van Zandt County, Texas">Van Zandt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_County,_Texas" title="Victoria County, Texas">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_County,_Texas" title="Walker County, Texas">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waller_County,_Texas" title="Waller County, Texas">Waller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_County,_Texas" title="Ward County, Texas">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Texas" title="Washington County, Texas">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webb_County,_Texas" title="Webb County, Texas">Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wharton_County,_Texas" title="Wharton County, Texas">Wharton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheeler_County,_Texas" title="Wheeler County, Texas">Wheeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wichita_County,_Texas" title="Wichita County, Texas">Wichita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilbarger_County,_Texas" title="Wilbarger County, Texas">Wilbarger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willacy_County,_Texas" title="Willacy County, Texas">Willacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Texas" title="Williamson County, Texas">Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_County,_Texas" title="Wilson County, Texas">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winkler_County,_Texas" title="Winkler County, Texas">Winkler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wise_County,_Texas" title="Wise County, Texas">Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_County,_Texas" title="Wood County, Texas">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoakum_County,_Texas" title="Yoakum County, Texas">Yoakum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_County,_Texas" title="Young County, Texas">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zapata_County,_Texas" title="Zapata County, Texas">Zapata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zavala_County,_Texas" title="Zavala County, Texas">Zavala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="State_of_Texas" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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colspan="2"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a></b> (capital)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Texas-related_articles" title="Index of Texas-related articles">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Texas" title="Outline of Texas">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Texas" title="Architecture of Texas">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Texas" title="Climate of Texas">Climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Texas" title="Climate change in Texas">Climate change</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texan_cuisine" title="Texan cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Texas" title="Geography of Texas">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Texas" title="Government of Texas">Government</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Texas" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas">National Register of Historic Places Sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Recorded_Texas_Historic_Landmarks" title="List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks">Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Texas" title="Sports in Texas">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_state_symbols" title="List of Texas state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Texas" title="List of people from Texas">Texans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Texas" title="Time in Texas">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Texas" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Texas">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Texas" title="Transportation in Texas">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Texas" title="Abortion in Texas">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Texas" title="Culture of Texas">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Texas" title="Crime in Texas">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Texas" title="Demographics of Texas">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Texas" title="Economy of Texas">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Texas" title="Education in Texas">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_Texas" title="Gambling in Texas">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Texas" title="Gun laws in Texas">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Texas">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Texas">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Texas" title="Politics of Texas">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Texas" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ark-La-Tex" title="Ark-La-Tex">Ark‑La‑Tex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bend_(Texas)" title="Big Bend (Texas)">Big Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boca_Chica_(Texas)" title="Boca Chica (Texas)">Boca Chica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Blackland_Prairies" title="Texas Blackland Prairies">Blackland Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazos_Valley" title="Brazos Valley">Brazos Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Texas" title="Central Texas">Central Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Coastal_Bend" title="Texas Coastal Bend">Coastal Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concho_Valley" title="Concho Valley">Concho Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Timbers" title="Cross Timbers">Cross Timbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Texas" title="East Texas">East Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Plateau" title="Edwards Plateau">Edwards Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Triangle (Texas)">Golden Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country" title="Texas Hill Country">Hill Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado">Llano Estacado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Texas" title="Northeast Texas">Northeast Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Texas" title="North Texas">North Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osage_Plains" title="Osage Plains">Osage Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_panhandle" title="Texas panhandle">Panhandle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permian_Basin_(North_America)" title="Permian Basin (North America)">Permian Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piney_Woods" title="Piney Woods">Piney Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Rio_Grande_Valley" title="Lower Rio Grande Valley">Rio Grande Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Texas" title="Southeast Texas">Southeast Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Plains" title="South Plains">South Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Texas" title="South Texas">South Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texoma" title="Texoma">Texoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Pecos" title="Trans-Pecos">Trans-Pecos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Texas" title="West Texas">West Texas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_metropolitan_areas" title="List of Texas metropolitan areas">Metropolitan<br />areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Texas" title="Abilene, Texas">Abilene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas" title="Amarillo, Texas">Amarillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>–<a href="/wiki/Round_Rock,_Texas" title="Round Rock, Texas">Round Rock</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greater_Austin" title="Greater Austin">Greater Austin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a>–<a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas">Brownsville</a>–<a href="/wiki/Harlingen,_Texas" title="Harlingen, Texas">Harlingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bryan,_Texas" title="Bryan, Texas">Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>–<a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>–<a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Texas" title="Arlington, Texas">Arlington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">DFW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>–<a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a>–<a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston">Greater Houston</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killeen,_Texas" title="Killeen, Texas">Killeen</a>–<a href="/wiki/Temple,_Texas" title="Temple, Texas">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laredo,_Texas" title="Laredo, Texas">Laredo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longview,_Texas" title="Longview, Texas">Longview</a>/<a href="/wiki/Kilgore,_Texas" title="Kilgore, 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