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Port Lavaca

Port Lavaca is a city in , located in the U.S. state of . The population was 12,248 at the 2010 census and 11,557 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Town with 11,700 residents
  • Description: city in and county sear of Calhoun County, Texas, United States
  • Also known as: “Port Lavaca, Texas” and “Port Lavaca, TX”
  • Historically known as: “Lavaca”
  • Postal code: 77979

Places of Interest

Highlights include Halfmoon Reef Light and Calhoun High School.

Lighthouse
The is one of the many screw-pile type lighthouses built on the Texas Gulf Coast, but the only one that still stands. To distinguish it from the nearby it was given a red glass chimney to be used with the oil lantern to give it its red beam.

School
is a public high school located in Port Lavaca. It is part of the Calhoun County Independent School District and serves students throughout .

School
is a secondary alternative school located in Port Lavaca, , in the Calhoun County Independent School District. The school serves all of CCISD, including the city of Port Lavaca and For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given an "A" by the Texas Education Agency.

Port Lavaca

Latitude
28.615° or 28° 36′ 54″ north
Longitude
-96.6261° or 96° 37′ 34″ west
Population
11,700
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US PLV
Open location code
76W5J97F+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151906338
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4720067
Wiki­data ID
Q982477
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Port Lavaca” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورت لافاكا (تكساس)”
  • Arabic: “بورت لافاكا، تكساس”
  • Arabic: “بورت لافاكا”
  • Basque: “Port Lavaca”
  • Belarusian: “Порт-Лавака”
  • Catalan: “Port Lavaca”
  • Cebuano: “Port Lavaca”
  • Chechen: “Порт-Лавака”
  • Chinese: “Port Lavaca”
  • Chinese: “拉瓦卡港”
  • Croatian: “Port Lavaca”
  • Czech: “Port Lavaca”
  • Dagbani: “Port Lavaca”
  • Danish: “Port Lavaca”
  • Dutch: “Port Lavaca”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورت لافاكا”
  • Esperanto: “Port Lavaca”
  • French: “Port Lavaca”
  • German: “Port Lavaca”
  • Gilaki: “پؤرت لاواکا”
  • Greek: “Πορτ Λαβάκα”
  • Haitian: “Port Lavaca, Texas”
  • Haitian: “Port Lavaca”
  • Hungarian: “Port Lavaca”
  • Irish: “Port Lavaca, Texas”
  • Irish: “Port Lavaca”
  • Italian: “Port Lavaca”
  • Japanese: “ポート・ラバカ”
  • Japanese: “ポートラバカ”
  • Korean: “포트라바카”
  • Ladin: “Port Lavaca”
  • Lithuanian: “Port Lavaka”
  • Malagasy: “Port Lavaca, Texas”
  • Malagasy: “Port Lavaca”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Port Lavaca”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Port Lavaca”
  • Norwegian: “Port Lavaca”
  • Persian: “پورت لاواکا، تگزاس”
  • Persian: “پورت لاواکا”
  • Polish: “Port Lavaca”
  • Portuguese: “Port Lavaca”
  • Russian: “Порт-Лавака”
  • Serbian: “Порт Лавака”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Port Lavaca, Texas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Port Lavaca”
  • Slovak: “Port Lavaca”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پورت لاواکا، تکزاس”
  • Spanish: “Port Lavaca (Texas)”
  • Spanish: “Port Lavaca”
  • Swedish: “Port Lavaca”
  • Tatar: “Порт-Лавака”
  • Turkish: “Port Lavaca, Teksas”
  • Turkish: “Port Lavaca”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт-Лавака”
  • Uzbek: “Port Lavaca”
  • Uzbek: “Порт Лаваcа”
  • Vietnamese: “Port Lavaca, Texas”
  • Vietnamese: “Port Lavaca”
  • Volapük: “Port Lavaca”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Port Lavaca, Texas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Port Lavaca”
  • Welsh: “Port Lavaca, Texas”
  • Welsh: “Port Lavaca”
  • “Port Lavaca”

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