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BAY CITY, TEXAS

Matagorda County Seat, Texas Gulf Coast
Intersection of Hwys 60 & 35
85 miles SW of Houston
25 miles S of Wharton
22 miles N of Matagorda
24 miles W of West Columbia

Population 18,667 (2000) 18,170 (1990)

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Bay City Texas town square building
One of the more attractive buildings in Bay City town square
TE Photo, 2000
Bay City dates back to 1837.

Bay City Attractions

  • Matagorda County Courthouse
  • The St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Depot - Circa 1905
    The restored Bay City Depot. It is used for meetings and parties.
  • The Matagorda County Museum - in the restored 1918 post office building.
  • Bay City is also home to the former Bay-Tex Hotel c. 1929, just off the square. A nice example of a hotel built when cities formed their own corporations to build hotels to lure the new phenomenon of the "motoring" tourist.

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  • Bay City Tourist Information

    Bay City Chamber of Commerce - 409-245-1622
    2420 Seventh Street
    Website: www.baycity.org
    Contact them for the excellent driving and walking tour maps of Bay City.
    Bay City Texas downtown  building
     
    Another vintage building in Bay City town square
    TE Photo, 2000
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