Blessing, Texas

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Blessing, Texas is a small unincorporated community in Matagorda County known for its historic roots as a railroad town and its rural Gulf Coast setting.

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Blessing, Texas canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode 361 ⓘ
BlessingHotel_status listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
censusDesignationYear first listed as a CDP prior to the 2010 census ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Matagorda County NERFINISHED ⓘ
distanceToBayCity about 12 miles northwest of Bay City ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
elevation 20 feet ⓘ
6 meters ⓘ
featureID GNIS feature ID 1352804 ⓘ
founder Jonathan Edwards Pierce ⓘ
governingBody Matagorda County government ⓘ
hasHistoricBuilding Blessing Hotel ⓘ
hasPostOffice Blessing post office ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitution local Christian churches ⓘ
hasZIPCode 77419 ⓘ
incorporationStatus unincorporated ⓘ
isInMetropolitanArea non-metropolitan rural area ⓘ
landUse mixed residential and agricultural ⓘ
locatedIn Gulf Coast region of Texas ⓘ
Matagorda County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
locatedNear Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Matagorda Bay ⓘ
namedBy Jonathan Edwards Pierce ⓘ
nearbyCity Bay City, Texas ⓘ
originalLandUse ranch land ⓘ
partOf Matagorda County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationCensus2010 861 ⓘ
populationCensus2020 approximate population 800–900 ⓘ
postalCode 77419 ⓘ
railroadEra early 20th century development ⓘ
railroadHistory developed as a railroad town ⓘ
region South Texas ⓘ
regionType rural community ⓘ
schoolDistrict Tidehaven Independent School District ⓘ
servedBy St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway ⓘ
servedByHighway Texas State Highway 35 ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
transportationType highway access ⓘ
railroad access (historical) ⓘ

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