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Port Lavaca (/ l ə ˈ v ɑː k ə / ⓘ lə-VAH-kə) is a city in Calhoun County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 12,248 at the 2010 census [ 5 ] and 11,557 at the 2020 census .
Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,106. [1] Its county seat is Port Lavaca. [2] The county is named for John Caldwell Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States.
The Port of Port Lavaca – Point Comfort, or simply the Port of Port Lavaca, is a seaport along the shores of Matagorda Bay, Texas (United States). It includes terminals at both Port Lavaca and Point Comfort, Texas .
The Matagorda Ship Channel is a channel constructed between 1962 and 1966 that allows ocean-going vessels to travel between the Gulf of America and Matagorda Bay. [1] The channel is part of the Port of Port Lavaca – Point Comfort, a major sea port in the U.S. state of Texas.
Point Comfort is located in northeastern Calhoun County on the east side of Lavaca Bay. Texas State Highway 35 passes through the community, leading southwest across the bay 7 miles (11 km) to Port Lavaca, the Calhoun County seat, and east 23 miles (37 km) to Palacios.
Matagorda Bay (/ ˌ m æ t ə ˈ ɡ ɔːr d ə / ⓘ [2]) is a large Gulf of Mexico bay on the Texas coast, lying in Calhoun and Matagorda counties and located approximately 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Corpus Christi, 143 miles (230 km) east-southeast of San Antonio, 108 miles (174 km) south-southwest of Houston, and 167 miles (269 km) south-southeast of Austin.