Welcome to Dacosta ...

Dacosta is located on the Gulf Coast.

Dacosta is located in Victoria County<1>.

Google driving directions from your current location to Dacosta (Patience, this may take a moment).

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dacosta, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Dacosta is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dacosta lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Dacosta: 361

Communities near Dacosta ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dacosta.

• Victoria
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
  • Victoria is located in Victoria County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,838 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victoria <3>

  Google driving directions:

  From your current location to Victoria

  From Dacosta to Victoria

• Port Lavaca
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Lavaca
  • Port Lavaca is located in Calhoun County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,671 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Lavaca <3>

  Google driving directions:

  From your current location to Port Lavaca

  From Dacosta to Port Lavaca

• Point Comfort
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Comfort have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
  • Point Comfort is located in Calhoun County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Comfort <3>
• Bloomington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
  • Bloomington is located in Victoria County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomington <3>
• Hughes ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
  • Hughes is located in Victoria County
• Telferner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telferner
  • Telferner is located in Victoria County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Telferner <3>

  Google driving directions:

  From your current location to Telferner

  From Dacosta to Telferner

• Kamey
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kamey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamey
  • Kamey is located in Calhoun County

  Google driving directions:

  From your current location to Kamey

  From Dacosta to Kamey

• Inez
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inez have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
  • Inez is located in Victoria County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inez <3>
• La Salle
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Salle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
  • La Salle is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Salle <3>
• McFaddin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFaddin
  • McFaddin is located in Victoria County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McFaddin <3>

  Google driving directions:

  From your current location to McFaddin

  From Dacosta to McFaddin

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dacosta. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dacosta.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dacosta. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dacosta.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dacosta. See our Newspapers Page for Dacosta.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dacosta ...

Looking for more information about Dacosta? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dacosta, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dacosta.

Adding Dacosta to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dacosta in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dacosta was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Dacosta post office opened in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dacosta.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dacosta. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Victoria County: www.victoriacountytx.org/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/