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Matagorda County |
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Matagorda County is one of the oldest counties in Texas. Matagorda is a physiographic name made up of two Spanish words: Mata, which means small brush, shrubs, blades, etc., and Gorda, which means fat, coarse thick, dense, etc. Matagordians prefer the obsolete Spanish definition Mata (slaughter) and Gorda (fat). The county is situated on both sides of the Colorado River.
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Matagorda History |
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Matagorda is near the Colorado River mouth and East Matagorda and Matagorda bays, on State Highway 60 and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line in southern Matagorda County. The community was established after Stephen F. Austinqv secured permission in 1827 from the Mexican government to build a town to protect incoming settlers. Elias R. Wightman, Hosea H. League, James E. B. Austin and partners Thomas M. Duke and William Selkirk each took a one-quarter interest in the townsite
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