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Port Lavaca
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city in and county sear of Calhoun County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Calhoun
- Total
- 14.11 sq mi (36.54 km )
- Land
- 10.15 sq mi (26.29 km )
- Water
- 3.96 sq mi (10.25 km )
- Elevation
- 16 ft (4.9 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 11,259
- Density
- 1,139/sq mi (439.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-58916
- Website
- www .portlavaca .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Port Lavaca
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Calhoun County
- Population
- 11557
- Area
- 36.535086
- Elevation
- 5
- Capital of
- Calhoun County
- Official website
- portlavaca.org
- Image
- HALFMOON REEF LIGHTHOUSE.jpg
- Households
- 4334
- Dialing code
- 361
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- postal code
- 77979
- Commons category
- Port Lavaca, Texas
- different from
- Lavaca County
- P8168
- Liechtenstein
- water as percent of area
- 28.0424
- per capita income
- 28513
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Port Lavaca (/ləˈvɑːkə/ lə-VAH-kə) is a city in Calhoun County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 12,248 at the 2010 census and 11,557 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Calhoun County and part of the Port Lavaca, Texas micropolitan statistical area. Port Lavaca is 130 miles (210 km) southwest of Houston.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Port Lavaca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.