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  Calhoun County Texas History
Calhoun County is bordered by Victoria and Jackson counties on the north, Matagorda Island and the Gulf on the south, Refugio County on the west, and Matagorda County on the east.
In antebellum Texas, Calhoun County residents were active in the trade and commerce stimulated by the Federalist wars of Texas and northern Mexico and the French blockade of Mexican ports in 1838 and 1839.
From 1940 to 1950 the population increased from 5,911 to 8,971.
www.historictexas.net /calhoun/history/history.htm   (2814 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Calhoun County is bordered by Victoria and Jackson counties on the north, Matagorda Island
Calhoun County residents were active in the trade and commerce stimulated by the Federalist wars of Texas and northern Mexico and the French blockade of Mexican ports in 1838 and 1839.
In 2002 the county had 328 farms and ranches covering 247,827 acres, 59 percent of which were devoted to pasture and 38 percent to crops.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/hcc2.html   (2981 words)

  
 Calhoun County, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calhoun County is named for John Caldwell Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States.
In the county, the population was spread out with 28.50% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 27.30% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 13.30% who were 65 years of age or older.
All of Calhoun County is served by the Calhoun County Independent School District.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calhoun_County,_Texas   (412 words)

  
 ATSDR - PHA - Alcoa/Lavaca Bay, Calhoun County, Texas (Part 1)
The Texas Department of Health order establishing areas which are prohibited and unsatisfactory for the taking of aquatic life that is unfit for human consumption (specifically finfish and crabs) was issued in April of 1988.
ALCOA (Point Comfort)/Lavaca Bay, Calhoun County, Texas was proposed for the Superfund National Priorities List in the Federal Register of June 23, 1993, under the Proposed update #15 [21].
In Calhoun county eight percent of employed persons age 16 and over are employed in agriculture and fisheries.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /hac/PHA/alcoa/alc_p1.html   (5188 words)

  
 Calhoun County Texas - A Texas coastal bend guide for visitors
Calhoun County has been welcoming visitors to its shores since 1519 when Spanish explorer Alonzo Alvarez de Peneda cruised through its seven bays.
Port Lavaca (Calhoun County) is located near the center point of the 375-mile Texas Gulf Coast and provides a coastal retreat to many of the urban areas of Texas.
More than half of the surface area of Calhoun County (500 miles of shoreline) is covered with water offering fresh seafood, Gulf and bay beaches and cool sea breezes.
www.coastalbendtexas.com /calhouncounty.html   (101 words)

  
 Texas Settlement Region: Visitors Guide: Calhoun County
Calhoun County has more than 600 miles of shoreline and it is the only county in Texas - and perhaps the nation - to have not one but two lighthouses.
The Calhoun County Museum in Port Lavaca is one of seven museums that will soon tell the story of the La Salle Odyssey with artifacts recovered from the La Belle.
The Calhoun County Museum in Port Lavaca has a small collection of arrow points and other relics used by the Karankawas who lived along the Texas Gulf Coast between Galveston and Corpus Christi bays.
www.texas-settlement.org /guide/calhoun   (466 words)

  
 Calhoun County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Calhoun County is located on the Gulf Coast between Houston and Corpus Christi.
Comanche Indians collecting horses sacked and burned the settlement during the Linnville Raid of 1840 before being pursued and defeated.
In World War II an army training camp was built on Matagorda Island, along with a Strategic Air Command base that remained in service until 1975.
www.gwrra-txw.org /triplog/texascourthouses/calhoun.html   (2783 words)

  
 Calhoun County Texas Courthouse Deed and Property Records
Calhoun County, Texas documents are available on-line through CountyRecords.com.
Documents include all or part of the documents filed with the County Clerk or Recorder in the County for the period indicated below.
The Calhoun County database is being updated weekly as new documents are filed.
www.countyrecords.com /crcalhoun.html   (282 words)

  
 Calhoun County Texas Real Estate
Calhoun County Texas Real Estate is a way for consumers to find the best Real estate Agents and Brokers for every city in Calhoun County Texas.
When you have been directed to an Calhoun County Texas real estate professional in the area you have chosen you will be able to search for your dream home and get free printouts from the MLS database in that area.
Calhoun County Texas Real Estate Brokers and agents can use the many news and information pages we offer to get up to date information about the Calhoun County Texas real estate market.
www.myhomesearches.com /county/texas/calhoun-county-texas.htm   (588 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Six Mile, formerly known as Marekville and as Royal, is on Farm Road 1090 six miles north of Port Lavaca in northern Calhoun County.
The site was identified as Six Mile on the 1936 county highway map, which showed a school, a church, a business, and several farm units there.
The site by 1985 had a business and a community cemetery, and the Calhoun County Airport was a mile to the southwest.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/hrs47.html   (372 words)

  
 ATSDR - PHA - Alcoa/Lavaca Bay, Calhoun County, Texas (Part 3)
However, since all of the fish samples were over the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department maximum size limit, we were unable to determine the public health significance of these contaminated fish.
Texas Department of Health, Dr. Diane M. Simpson, State Epidemiologist and Associate Commissioner Disease Prevention letter to physicians practicing in the area of Lavaca Bay.
EPA notification that ALCOA (Point Comfort)/Lavaca Bay, Calhoun County, Texas was proposed for the Superfund National Priorities List in the Federal Register of June 23, 1993 under the Proposed update #15.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/alcoa/alc_p3.html   (2623 words)

  
 Welcome to the Presidio County, Texas TXGenWeb site
Presidio County is in the Trans-Pecos region of southwest Texas and is named for the ancient border settlement of Presidio del Norte.
Presidio County is triangular in shape and is bounded on the east by Brewster County, on the north by Jeff Davis County, and on the south and west for 135 miles by the Rio Grande and Mexico.
Marfa, the county seat, is 190 miles southeast of El Paso and 150 miles southwest of Odessa.
www.historictexas.net /presidio   (166 words)

  
 Texas Cooperative Extension, The Calhoun County Office
A penninsulia, Calhoun County is surrounded by Lavaca and Matagorda Bays on the east, San Antonio Bay on the west, and Espiritu Santo Bay to the south, with a total area of 912 square miles(583,680 acres) and an impressive 246,720 acres of water.
Steeped in rich history, Calhoun County was inhabitated by Native Americans, visited by French and Spanish Explorers, and a portal for Anglo immigrats that would help to tame and colonize Texas.
Port Lavaca, the county seat is located approximately 150 miles to the southwest of Houston and 85 miles northeast of Corpus Christi.
calhoun-tx.tamu.edu   (250 words)

  
 Calhoun County Museum
The mission of the Calhoun County Museum is the acquisition, documentation, preservation, study and exhibition of artifacts relating to the history, natural history and maritime history of Calhoun County and as such passing this material culture on to future generations.
The Calhoun County Museum is, at present, located in an add-on to the original jail building that was built in 1896 (shown here).
It was originally established in 1964 by the Calhoun County Commissioner's Court under the auspices of the Calhoun County Historical Commission.
www.calhouncountymuseum.org   (327 words)

  
 Port Lavaca Texas and Calhoun County - Port Lavaca, Seadrift, Point Comfort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
PortLavacaInfo.com is sponsored by the Calhoun County / Port Lavaca Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, and is supported by businesses in Port Lavaca, Port O'Connor, Seadrift, Point Comfort, Olivia, Alamo Beach, Indianola Beach and Magnolia Beach.
Calhoun County, Texas, "Home of Beaches, Sails and Big Fish Tales," is located between Galveston and Corpus Christi, just south of Victoria.
This Web site, sponsored by the Port Lavaca / Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, is provided in part by local businesses and individuals to bring you news, information, and resources on our county and the communities of Port Lavaca, Port O'Connor, Seadrift, Point Comfort, Olivia, Alamo Beach, Indianola Beach, and Magnolia Beach.Area Features.
www.portlavacainfo.com   (241 words)

  
 Calhoun County, Texas Current Post Office Information Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
County created 4/4/1846 from parts of Victoria, Jackson and Matagorda Counties, organized 7/13/1846 and named for John C. Calhoun, the senator from South carolina that advocated Texas Statehood.
Lavaca was the first county seat, but the early tent village of Karlshafen became Indianola, the second County Seat in 1852 because it was more important.
Lavaca, renamed Port Lavaca, became county seat again in 1887 after Indianola was destroyed by flood, -Handbook of Texas Online:Calhoun County
tx4.us /cy/calhoun.htm   (302 words)

  
 Calhoun County, Texas TX, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Calhoun County is one of 254 counties in Texas.
The county is in the Victoria metro area.
This was a decrease of -.38% from the 2000 census.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=22604   (624 words)

  
 Seadrift, Calhoun County, Texas
The first person of Spanish heritage to explore the coast of Texas was Alonso Alvarez de Pineda.
De Vaca was a member of an expedition that shipwrecked on the Texas coast.
The Calhoun County Cattle Company bought a large amount of land from Thomas M. O'Connor in 1908.
www.rootsweb.com /~txcalhou/seadrift.htm   (589 words)

  
 Calhoun County, Texas - Facts, Records & Real Property Research
Property Records from HomeInfoMax are not currently available for this county.
Property History from HomeInfoMax is not currently available for this county.
Document Images from HomeInfoMax are not currently available for this county.
www.homeinfomax.com /Public/County_Records/TX-Texas/Calhoun_county.html   (229 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Calhoun County, Tex.
For convenient presentation of this material, the site includes a page for each of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S., as well as for various U.S. and foreign territories and countries.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/TX/CU.html   (483 words)

  
 Calhoun County, Texas Genealogical Records Information
This page is for the general information on Calhoun County, Texas.
Which includes Calhoun County, Texas County Records, Calhoun County, Texas History, Calhoun County, Texas Facts, Calhoun County, Texas Genealogical Addresses and websites related to Calhoun County, Texas Genealogy in general.
OR maybe you have some free time and want to earn a little extra money running errands and helping someone in desperate need of a document in the local County courthouse, library, or archive, or maybe take a picture of a tombstone in a local cemetery or of a house across town.
www.mytexasgenealogy.com /tx_county/cun.htm   (704 words)

  
 Calhoun County Records on Microfilm - Texas State Library
Contact your local library to arrange an interlibrary loan of the material you wish to borrow.
Your request should include the specific reel numbers for the microfilm you wish to use, as well as the name of the county and lending institution.
These county records are available from the insititution indicated above.
www.tsl.state.tx.us /arc/local/calhoun.html   (225 words)

  
 Calhoun County, Texas QuickLinks from the US Census Bureau
Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino origin: Texas counties, Places in Texas
Historical population counts, 1900 to 1990, for all counties in Texas
Summary statistics for Texas counties by NAICS (North American Industry Classification System): 2002
quickfacts.census.gov /qfd/states/48/48057lk.html   (248 words)

  
 Port Alto Texas.
Texas : Towns A-Z / Gulf Coast :
The former settlers on this little spot of Carancahua Bay called the place Persimmon Point.
Anyone wanting to share information, photos or memories of Port Alto, Texas, please contact us.
www.texasescapes.com /TexasGulfCoastTowns/PortAltoTexas/PortAltoTx.htm   (123 words)

  
 Cemeteries of Calhoun County Texas
The Roll of Honor lists three separate cemeteries at Indianola with a total of 110 burials of union soldiers.
Query Board or For queries when the county is not known, post here.
No claim is made to the copyrights of individual submitters.
www.cemeteries-of-tx.com /Etx/Calhoun/ListCalhoun.html   (251 words)

  
 seekful.com - Texas county
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 Calhoun County Homes for Sale. Real Estate in Calhoun County, Texas
Then contact any of the Texas Real Estate Agents for professional assistance finding your Texas area home.
Click on the Calhoun cities that you are interested in or search all Real Estate in Calhoun County:
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www.homes.com /Real_Estate/TX/County/CALHOUN   (298 words)

  
 USGS Open-File Report 2005—1270; Calhoun County, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
UNDERGROUND WATERS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF TEXAS: USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 190, 1907.
GROUND WATER IN THE VICINITY OF PORT O’CONNOR, CALHOUN COUNTY, TEXAS: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT (UNNUMBERED), 1941.
STRATIGRAPHIC AND HYDROGEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF PART OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF TEXAS: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES REPORT 236, 1979.
pubs.usgs.gov /of/2005/1270/counties/calhoun.htm   (478 words)

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