Editing Victoria County, Texas

{{Short description|County in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Victoria County 
 | state                = Texas 
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = 1836
 | seat wl              = Victoria 
 | largest city wl      = Victoria
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 889 
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 882 
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 6.7 
 | area percentage      = 0.8% 
 | census yr            = 2020 
 | pop                  = 91319 
 | density_sq_mi        = auto 
 | ex image             = Old Victoria Courthouse.jpg
 | ex image size        = 250 
 | ex image cap         = The [[Victoria County Courthouse]] of [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque revival]] design in Victoria 
 | web                  = www.victoriacountytx.org 
 | time zone            = Central
 | district             = 27th
 | named for            = [[Guadalupe Victoria]]
}}

'''Victoria County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 91,319.<ref>{{Cite web |title=QuickFacts: Victoria County, Texas |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/victoriacountytexas/PST045221 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |website=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is also named [[Victoria, Texas|Victoria]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|archive-date=May 31, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Victoria County is included in the  [[Victoria metropolitan area|Victoria metropolitan statistical area]], and comprises the entirety of the Victoria [[media market]] in Texas.

==History==

{{Main|De León's Colony (Texas)}}

===Through colonial times===
[[Paleo-Indian]] [[hunter-gatherers]], and later [[Tonkawa]], Aranamas, Tamiques, and [[Karankawa]], inhabited the area before the time of European contact. [[Tawakoni]], [[Lipan Apache people|Lipan Apache]], and [[Comanche]] were later inhabitants of modern-day Victoria County.<ref name="Victoria County, Texas">{{cite web|last=Roell|first=Craig H|title=Victoria County, Texas|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcv03|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715060732/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcv03|archive-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1685, [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]] established Fort St. Louis.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Harrigan|first=Stephen|title=In Search of La Salle|journal=Texas Monthly|date=January 1979|pages=88–90;138,141–147}}</ref>

In 1689, [[Alonso de Leon]] named the [[Guadalupe River (Texas)|Guadalupe River]] in honor of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bencke|first=Arthur C|title=Rivers of North America|year=2005|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-12-088253-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/riversofnorthame0000unse/page/192 192–194]|author2=Cushing, Colbert E|url=https://archive.org/details/riversofnorthame0000unse/page/192}}</ref>

In 1722, [[Presidio La Bahia|Nuestra Señora de Loreto Presidio]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Heard|first=J Norman|title=Handbook of the American Frontier, Volume I: The Southeastern Woodlands|year=1987|publisher=The Scarecrow Press, Inc|isbn=978-0-8108-1931-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/handbookofameric00hear/page/272 272]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofameric00hear}}</ref> and [[Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga]]  became the first Spanish settlement in Victoria County.<ref>{{cite book|last=Walter|first=Tamra Lynn|title=Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga: A Frontier Mission in South Texas|year=2007|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-71478-6|page=12}}</ref>

In 1824, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Jesús Victoria (the future city of [[Victoria, Texas|Victoria]]) was established by [[Martín De León]], who started his colony with 5,000 branded cattle and established the county's claim as the "Cradle of the Texas Cattle Industry." It was the only primarily Mexican colony in Texas.<ref>Craig H. Roell, "DE LEON, MARTIN," Handbook of Texas Online [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fde08] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317123520/https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fde08|date=March 17, 2017}}, accessed September 11, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.</ref>

In 1835, Victoria's settlers supported the revolution against [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]], but were ostracized by new incoming Americans, many of whom were adventurous soldiers or fortune hunters, who wrongly profiled them as Mexican sympathizers and forced them to flee after the revolution in 1836.<ref>Craig H. Roell, "DE LEON'S COLONY," Handbook of Texas Online [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ued01] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801033604/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ued01|date=August 1, 2017}}, accessed September 11, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.</ref> Anglo-Americans resettled the area.<ref>{{cite book|last=Room|first=Adrian|title=Placenames Of The World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for 6,600 Countries, Cities, Territories, Natural Features and Historic Sites|year=2005|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-2248-7|page=395}}</ref>

In 1836, Victory County was formed by the Republic of Texas. It is named after [[Guadalupe Victoria]], the first [[President of Mexico]].<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/> About 3000 troops of the Texas Army encamped near Spring Creek, Victoria County, under the command of [[Thomas Jefferson Rusk|Gen. Thomas J. Rusk]], as the main defense against a threatened attack by Mexican General [[José de Urrea]].<ref>{{cite book|last=De La Teja|first=Jesus F|title=Tejano Leadership in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas|year=2010|publisher=TAMU Press|isbn=978-1-60344-166-7|page=116}}</ref>

In 1842, Rafael Vásquez and [[Adrián Woll]] led Mexican forces in an invasion into the county.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fowler|first=Will|title=Santa Anna of Mexico|year=2007|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0-8032-1120-9|page=226}}</ref>

===After the Revolution through the Civil War===

In 1850, Coletoville was established by German immigrant Carl Steiner.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coletoville, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGulfCoastTowns/Coletoville-Texas.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520204835/http://texasescapes.com/TexasGulfCoastTowns/Coletoville-Texas.htm|archive-date=May 20, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The next year, Victoria County's first toll bridge was erected across the river, built by Richard Owens and Sylvester Sutton.<ref>{{cite book|last=Blackburn|first=Edward A|title=Wanted: Historic County Jails of Texas |year=2005|publisher=TAMU Press|isbn=978-1-58544-308-6|page=339}}</ref>

As of 1860, 1,413 slaves were in the county.<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/> In 1861m county residents voted 318–88 in favor of [[Texas in the American Civil War|secession]] from the Union. Victoria County sent 300 men to fight for the [[Confederate States Army]].<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/> [[John B. Magruder|Confederate General John B. Magruder]] destroyed the railroad from Port Lavaca to Victoria in 1863 to keep it out of Union hands. He also sank trees and boats into the Guadalupe River.<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/>

From 1867-1869, the county was occupied by federal troops.  [[Mob mentality|Mob ]] violence by those same troops resulted in the axing death and corpse mutilation of local official Benjamin F. Hill, who at the time was incarcerated for an alleged self-defense killing of a discharged Union soldier.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roell|first=Craig H|title=Benjamin F Hill|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhi17|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 30, 2010|author2=Harsdoff-Lee, Linda|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710042633/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhi17|archive-date=July 10, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway connect Victoria with [[Cuero, Texas|Cuero]] and the coast in 1873.<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/> The New York, Texas and Mexican Railway provided the first cross-country route to Rosenberg Junction in [[Fort Bend County, Texas|Fort Bend County]] in 1882.<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/>

That next year, the Texas Continental Meat Company was erected in the county and was the largest meat packing plant in Texas.<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/> Bray's Ferry was established in 1886 at the San Antonio River by G. B. Amery and John Bray.<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/> Twenty years later, the Guadalupe River Navigation Company was established.<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/>

By 1930, when oil was discovered at the McFaddin Oil Field, Victoria County held more cattle than any other county in Texas.<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/> [[Foster Air Force Base]] was established as Victoria Army Air Field as a training air field in 1941.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Victoria, Texas-Air Forces|magazine=Life|date=June 1942|pages=56–59 61}}</ref>
The Victoria Barge Canal was completed in 1967, connecting Victoria County with the [[Intracoastal Waterway]].<ref name="Victoria County, Texas"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 2019
|1860= 4171
|1870= 4860
|1880= 6289
|1890= 8737
|1900= 13678
|1910= 14990
|1920= 18271
|1930= 20048
|1940= 23741
|1950= 31241
|1960= 46475
|1970= 53766
|1980= 68807
|1990= 74361
|2000= 84088
|2010= 86793
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br />1850–2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=May 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226003918/http://www.texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf|archive-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010–2014<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48469.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918213502/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48469.html|archive-date=September 18, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|2020=91319}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Victoria County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Victoria County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US48469&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Victoria County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US48469&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Victoria County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US48469&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|44,490
|41,564
|style='background: #ffffe6; |39,330
|52.91%
|47.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |43.07%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|5,137
|5,190
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,230
|6.11%
|5.98%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.73%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|197
|199
|style='background: #ffffe6; |425
|0.23%
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|635
|860
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,404
|0.76%
|0.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.52%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|9
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46
|0.01%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|39
|109
|style='background: #ffffe6; |698
|0.05%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed or multiracial]] alone (NH)
|622
|742
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,961
|0.74%
|0.85%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.14%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|32,959
|38,113
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42,931
|39.20%
|43.91%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.01%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''84,088'''
|'''86,793'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''91,319'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]],  91,319 people, 32,520 households, and 22,172 families resided in the county.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000,  84,088 people, 30,071 households, and 22,192 families lived in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|95|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. The 32,945 housing units had an average density of {{convert|37|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 74.22% White, 6.30% Black or African American, 0.53% Native American, 0.77% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 15.92% from other races, and 2.22% from two or more races. About 39.20% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race; 16.2% were of [[germans|German]], 6.2% [[United States|American]], and 5.6% [[English people|English]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]], and 73.3% spoke [[English language|English]] and 25.5% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as their first language.

Uf the 30,071 households, 37.2% had children under 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were not families. Around  22.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the county, the age distribution was 29.1% under 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 91.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,732, and for a family was $44,443. Males had a median income of $35,484 versus $21,231 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $18,379. About 10.50% of families and 12.90% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.20% of those under 18 and 11.70% of those 65 or over.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|889|sqmi}}, of which  {{convert|6.7|sqmi}} (0.8%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 12, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419031755/http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|archive-date=April 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 59.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 59 in Texas|U.S. Highway 59]]
** [[Image:I-69 (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 69 in Texas|Interstate 69]] is currently under construction and will follow the current route of U.S. 59 in most places northeast of Victoria.
** [[Image:I-69W (TX).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 69W]] is currently under construction and will follow the current route of U.S. 59 in most places southwest of Victoria.
* [[Image:US 77.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 77 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 77]]
** [[Image:I-69E (TX).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 69E]] is currently under construction and will follow the current route of U.S. 77 in most places southwest of Victoria.
* [[Image:US 87.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 87 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 87]]
* [[Image:Texas FM 444.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 444]]
* [[Image:Texas FM 616.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 616]]
* [[Image:Texas FM 622.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 622]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Lavaca County, Texas|Lavaca County]] (north)
* [[Jackson County, Texas|Jackson County]] (northeast)
* [[Calhoun County, Texas|Calhoun County]] (southeast)
* [[Refugio County, Texas|Refugio County]] (south)
* [[Goliad County, Texas|Goliad County]] (southwest)
* [[DeWitt County, Texas|DeWitt County]] (northwest)

==Politics==

=== County government ===

==== Victoria County elected officials ====
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan="2"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Position'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Name'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Party'''
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| County Judge
| Ben Zeller
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 1
| Danny Garcia
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 2
| Kevin M. Janak
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 3
| Gary Burns
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 4
| Clint Ives
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

|}
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{{PresRow|1996|Republican|14,457|8,238|1,424|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|13,086|7,604|5,347|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|15,056|8,923|274|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|18,787|7,037|121|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|13,392|7,382|495|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|9,594|7,326|108|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|11,246|4,226|26|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|6,352|6,042|2,336|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,201|8,141|25|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|4,591|5,779|27|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,596|3,280|28|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,306|3,128|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,262|2,435|345|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|936|2,331|417|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|956|2,493|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|352|2,081|2|Texas}}
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{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|459|1,653|306|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|782|686|411|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|476|897|41|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|100|687|223|Texas}}

==Communities==

===City===
* [[Victoria, Texas|Victoria]] (county seat)

===Census-designated places===
* [[Bloomington, Texas|Bloomington]]
* [[Inez, Texas|Inez]]
* [[Placedo, Texas|Placedo]]
* [[Quail Creek, Texas|Quail Creek]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[McFaddin, Texas|McFaddin]]
* [[Moursund, Texas|Moursund]]
* [[Nursery, Texas|Nursery]]
* [[Telferner, Texas|Telferner]]

==Education==
School districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48469_victoria/DC20SD_C48469.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Victoria County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-11-29}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48469_victoria/DC20SD_C48469_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Bloomington Independent School District]]
* [[Industrial Independent School District]]
* [[Meyersville Independent School District]]
* [[Nursery Independent School District]]
* [[Refugio Independent School District]]
* [[Victoria Independent School District]]

All of the county is in the service area of [[Victoria College (Texas)|Victoria College]].<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code Sec. 130.208.  THE VICTORIA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.]</ref>

[[University of Houston-Victoria]] is in Victoria.

==See also==
* [[Kentucky Mutt Creek]]
* [[List of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Victoria County, Texas]]
* [[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Trinity-Zavala)#Victoria County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Victoria County]]
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{notelist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Victoria County, Texas}}
* [http://www.victoriacountytx.org/ Victoria County government's website]
* [http://www.victoriaedc.com/ ''Victoria Economic Development Corporation'' economic development]
* {{Handbook of Texas|id=hcv03|name=Victoria County}}
* [http://www.txcip.org/tac/census/profile.php?FIPS=48469 "Victoria County Profile" from the Texas Association of Counties]
* [http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/morhiss/index.html Texas Beyond History, Morhiss Mound]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Victoria County, Texas
|North     = [[Lavaca County, Texas|Lavaca County]]
|Northeast = [[Jackson County, Texas|Jackson County]]
|East      =
|Southeast = [[Calhoun County, Texas|Calhoun County]]
|South     = [[Refugio County, Texas|Refugio County]]
|Southwest = [[Goliad County, Texas|Goliad County]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[DeWitt County, Texas|DeWitt County]]
}}

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