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Port O’Connor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calhoun County, Texas, United States, near the Gulf coastline between Galveston and Corpus Christi. The CDP had a population of 1,253 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Victoria, Texas metropolitan statistical area.

Port O’Connor CDP overview:
Name:	Port O’Connor CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Calhoun County
Elevation:	7 ft (2 m)
Total Area:	6.3 sq mi (16.4 km²)
Land Area:	4.0 sq mi (10.3 km²)
Water Area:	2.3 sq mi (6.0 km²)
Total Population:	1,253
Population Density:	314/sq mi (121.3/km²)
ZIP code:	77982
Area code:	361
FIPS code:	4858952
GNISfeature ID:	1344371

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History

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 O’Connor. It was named after its main landowner at the time, Thomas M. O’Connor, who owned 70,000 acres (280 km). Aside from local cattle raising and fishing, the town was also a producer of figs and citrus fruit.

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.

Port O’Connor has been struck by four hurricanes since it was initially settled. The 1919 Florida Keys hurricane brought the “good old days” to a halt, destroying the town. It rebuilt slowly, but the 1942 and 1945 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 Matagorda Island Air Force Base. That same year, Hurricane Carla destroyed the town again, but times reflect its will to survive, fueled by tourism, commercial fisheries, and the petrochemical industry. Hurricane Harvey struck the town again in 2017.

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