Port O'Connor Texas Map

About Port O'Connor, Texas

Port O'Connor is a locality in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 954. The population density is 92.3 people per km². Port O'Connor is located at 28.4460°N, 96.4201°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77982.

Port O'Connor sits low against the horizon where the salt-heavy air meets the flat, sun-bleached expanse of the Texas coast. It lies 17.6 miles southeast of Port Lavaca, TX (from Port Lavaca, TX: bearing 131°T), and is situated 21.3 miles south-southwest of Palacios. The landscape is defined by the shifting interface of land and water, where the horizon dissolves into the pale, shimmering blues of the open coastline. Nearby, the tides pull against the edges of King Fisher Beach Park, a place where the wind perpetually reshapes the shoreline and the gulls circle in the humid, brackish light. In the distance, the silhouette of Bayucos Island rises like a dark smudge against the glare, while the water of Fishermans Cut channels the restless energy of the tides toward the deeper reaches of the coast.

Port O'Connor remains a place defined by the pragmatic, quiet commerce of the sea, where the economy leans heavily on the seasonal rhythms of fishing and the resilience of those who serve the maritime trade. Decades of salt and weather have worn the structures into a modest, utilitarian aesthetic, reflecting a history tied to the patient labor of the docks rather than the grandiosity of development. While the inland reaches towards the quiet, still waters of Old Town Lake or the meandering, silt-heavy path of LaSalle Bayou offer a respite from the salt spray, the spirit of the place remains anchored to the harbor. Life here moves with the slow, deliberate pace of a tide, where the primary concerns are the shifting currents and the changing color of the sky as evening settles over the docks.

About This Port O'Connor Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Port O'Connor, Texas. Coordinates: 28.446024, -96.420127. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Port O'Connor includes the ZIP code (77982), telephone area code (409), county seat of Calhoun County (Port Lavaca), and school district assignment (Calhoun County Independent School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.