
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died Matagorda County, Texas.
Matagorda County was created 17 March 1836 from an Old Mexican Municipality.. It is named for the canebrakes that once grew along the coast (matagorda is a Spanish word meaning "thick bush").
Adjacent Counties
Cities, Towns & Communities
- Allenhurst
- Bay City (County Seat)
- Blessing
- Buckeye
- Caney
- Cedar Lake
- Cedar Lane
- Collegeport
- El Maton
- Hawkinsville
- Hawley
- Markham
- Matagorda
- Midfield
- Palacios
- Pledger
- Sargent
- Van Vleck
- Wadsworth
Cemeteries
Links
Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (part)
National Register of Historic Places
