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Port O'Connor, Texas

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Port O'Connor was laid out in the late 19th century as a fishing settlement called "Alligator Head". As it grew in popularity with both permanent residents and tourists, the community took on more municipal characteristics, earning the formal designation finally in 1909 as the town site of Port
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hurricanes so close in time were hard to overcome. In 1961, Port O'Connor was in the midst of another growth boom due to the increase of military personnel on nearby
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Its initial population growth spanned the years 1909 to 1919. Excursion trains ran on weekends to Port O'Connor, and an estimated 10,000 tourists came every summer.
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to finish their sixth- through 12th-grade educations. The secondary schools that serve Port O'Connor are Seadrift Middle School, Travis Middle School, and
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destroyed the town again, but times reflect its will to survive, fueled by tourism, commercial fisheries, and the petrochemical industry.
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as its mascot. Port O'Connor Elementary School covers prekindergarten through grade five. Children are then bused to the nearby town of
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Due to its small population, the town has only one school, Port O'Connor Elementary School, which has the
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O'Connor. It was named after its main landowner at the time, Thomas M. O'Connor, son of
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brought the "good old days" to a halt, destroying the town. It rebuilt slowly, but the
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Port O'Connor has been struck by four hurricanes since it was initially settled. The
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Port O'Connor, Texas
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Port O'Connor CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
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Census-designated place
Port O'Connor is located in Texas
Port O'Connor is located in the United States
28°26′47″N 96°25′14″W / 28.44639°N 96.42056°W / 28.44639; -96.42056
Country
State
Texas
County
Calhoun
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
ZIP code
Area code
361
FIPS code
GNIS
unincorporated community
census-designated place
Calhoun County
Texas
Gulf
Galveston
Corpus Christi
2010 census
Victoria, Texas
metropolitan statistical area
Thomas O'Connor

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