Anahuac, Texas

Chambers County

48-03144

Anahuac is a city and the county seat ( county seat ) of the Chambers County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located in southeast Texas, about 75 kilometers east of Houston, at the northeast shore of Trinity Bay, and thus has access to about 45 kilometers from the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Anahuac has a total area of 5.5 square kilometers without significant water surface.

History

The town was named after an area in Mexico. The first inhabitants of this area were the Atakapan Indians. 1721 explored the Frenchman Jean Baptiste de La Harpe this area. The area under the name of Perry 's Point became known, named after Colonel Henry Perry, who in 1816 there organized a military post. In October 1830, the Mexican commander Colonel John Davis Bradburn took three officers and 40 soldiers, the area for Mexico. In January 1831 General Manuel de Mier y Terán christened the town officially in the name of Anahuac.

1862 here is a small outpost of the Confederacy was established. The first commercially important event was in 1894 when Jesse and Charles R. Cumming 1894, the first sawmill was built. The first school district was established in 1917. The Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1963 about 25 kilometers southeast of the city set up by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 1989 organized by the local Chamber of Commerce, the first Gatorfest that brought 14,000 visitors to the Fort Anahuac Park and is organized annually since then.

Demography

The average income of a household is 40 924 U.S. dollars, the average income of a family with 46,750 dollars. Males have a median income of $ 34,904 U.S. dollars to the women with an average of 24 917 U.S. dollars. The per capita income is 17,056 U.S. dollars. 13.5 % of the population and 11.1 % of families are below the poverty line. 29.7% of the population is under 18 years old and 100 females aged 18 and over, there are 81.5 men statistically. The average age is 34 years. (As of 2000).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Ross S. Sterling, Governor of Texas