Texas Gulf Coast · TX
Rockport
An arts and fishing town where Harvey came ashore.
- Population
- 10,070 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1870
- Harvey landfall
- August 25, 2017
Then
- 1867
A wharf is built, and cattle are slaughtered and shipped from it.
- 1870
Rockport incorporates.
- 1970
The Rockport Art Festival begins.
- 2017
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall near town as a Category 4; a year later about a fifth of residents are still displaced.
Now
Whooping cranes winter at nearby Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Rockport sits on the Live Oak Peninsula between Aransas and Copano bays, home of the Texas Maritime Museum and the Fulton Mansion.
2 tide stations around Rockport
- Rockportin town
- Copano Bay7.0 mi