Places
Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Collegeport.
Zip codes in the city: 77428.
Matagorda County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.
Funeral Homes near Collegeport
Port Lavaca, TX 77979
Bay City, TX 77414
Bay City, TX 77414
Bay City, TX 77414
Port Lavaca, TX 77979
Facts about the city
Collegeport is an unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States.Founded on May 25, 1908, Collegeport is located on the Trespalacios Bay, which outlets into the Matagorda Bay.
Collegeport Obituaries
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History
Ranchers Jonathan Edward Pierce and Abel Brown Pierce sold their land to developer Burton D. Hurd. In the agreement Hurd would develop a town that would include a college and a port on the Trespalacios Bay. Families began relocating to Collegeport, also named the 'Town of Opportunity,' after an advertising venture by Hurd that promoted the area's mild climate and the prospective farming lands.[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmatago/collegeport.htm Collegeport]. Collegeport is an unincorporated area community in Matagorda County, Texas County, Texas, United States.
Collegeport was acquired through a land purchase in 1908.
News
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