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Tiki Island is a village in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,106 at the 2020 census. The population was 1,106 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ]
Village Name County Population Total Area Land Water Elevation Bailey's Prairie, Texas [1]: Brazoria County, Texas: 727 (2010 Census) 7.7 sq mi (19.9 km2) 7.5 sq mi (19.3 km2)
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, which manages the lighthouse, installed a new rotating solar-powered marine lantern in 1999. After having been out of commission since 1995, the light was re-lit at Midnight as the year turned over to 2000, to celebrate the new millennium.
The saga of protecting the land began in 1950. [6] Maco Stewart Jr., whose father founded Stewart Title Company, owned more than 2,000 acres on the island.In his will, he severed the mineral rights from the surface land rights and gave half of the surface and mineral rights to his wife, Virginia Stewart, and divided the other half between his sons from a former marriage, Wells and Maco III.
Beacon Island Light N/A League City: N/A 1983 (Private) Always 2023 Unknown 120 ft (37 m) Horseshoe Bay Light N/A Horseshoe Bay: N/A 1972 Always Active Unknown Unknown Kemah Standpipe N/A Kemah: N/A 2006 Always Active Third-order Fresnel (Replica) 151 ft (46 m) Lake Buchanan Light N/A Buchanan Dam: N/A 1984 Always Active (Inactive: 1990-2006 ...
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In the late 1940s, a movement began to save the lighthouse as a historic site. On October 5, 1950, the Texas State Park Board accepted the lighthouse and surrounding land as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Lon C. Hill Jr., the owners at the time. The Texas State Park Board began restoring the lighthouse in 1951, and it was opened to the public in 1952.
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