Welcome to Port Lavaca ...The coastal city of Port Lavaca is located on the Gulf Coast. Port Lavaca is located in Calhoun County<1> and is the County Seat for Calhoun County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Lavaca, you might consider that their post office opened in 1841. A typical abbreviation for Port Lavaca: Prt. Lavaca From the Census Estimates for 2019, Port Lavaca has a population of 11,830 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Port Lavaca is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Port Lavaca lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Port Lavaca: 361 The ZIP code for Port Lavaca: 77979<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Port Lavaca had an population of 11,830 people. This is a decrease of 3.41% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 1.7% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Port Lavaca had a population of 12,248 people (or 57.47% of the total population of Calhoun County). This makes Port Lavaca the county's most populous community. The population of Port Lavaca represents 0.05% of the population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 188th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 12,248 people, the population of Port Lavaca increased 1.77% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 12,035 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Port Lavaca. Websites for Port Lavaca ...Official Website: www.portlavaca.org/ Communities near Port Lavaca ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Lavaca.
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 Port Lavaca. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Lavaca. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Lavaca. 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 Port Lavaca. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Lavaca. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Port Lavaca. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Lavaca ...Looking for more information about Port Lavaca? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Port Lavaca, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Port Lavaca. Adding Port Lavaca to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Port Lavaca 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 Port Lavaca was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Lavaca. Footnotes ...
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