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Welcome to Dacosta ...

Dacosta is located on the Gulf Coast.

Dacosta is located in Victoria County<1>.

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.

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 (so far) for Dacosta was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Dacosta post office opened in 1903. The Dacosta post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dacosta.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Victoria, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dacosta - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/