Bolivar Peninsula
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census-designated place in Galveston County, Texas
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Galveston
- Total
- 48.1 sq mi (124.7 km )
- Land
- 42.5 sq mi (110.1 km )
- Water
- 5.6 sq mi (14.6 km )
- Elevation
- 7 ft (2.1 m)
- Density
- 65.14/sq mi (25.15/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-09250
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- census-designated place in the United States
- Official name
- Bolivar Peninsula
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Galveston County
- Population
- 2769
- Area
- 124.708322
- Elevation
- 3
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Image
- Bolivar Lighthouse -- Point Bolivar, Galveston, Texas.jpg
- Households
- 1286
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- Commons category
- Bolivar Peninsula, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 11.7071
- per capita income
- 31428
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Encyclopedic overview
Bolivar Peninsula (/ˈbɒlɪvər/ BOL-i-vər) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,769 at the 2020 census. The communities of Port Bolivar, Crystal Beach, Caplen, Gilchrist, and High Island are located on Bolivar Peninsula.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bolivar Peninsula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.