Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Port Lavaca came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Port Lavaca in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Port Lavaca. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Port Lavaca data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Port Lavaca:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Port Lavaca is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Port Lavaca in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Port Lavaca for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Port Lavaca. See our Misc Page for Port Lavaca for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Port Lavaca:

Port Lavaca was mentioned in the following schedule:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Port Lavaca: www.portlavaca.org/

The official website for Calhoun County: www.tisd.net/~calhoun/

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