Fannin is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in eastern

Goliad County Goliad County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population is 7,012. Its county seat is Goliad, Texas, Goliad. The county is named for Father Miguel ...

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

, United States. Its elevation is 141 feet (43 m). It is part of the

Victoria, Texas Victoria is a city and the county seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 65,534 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The three counties of the Victoria, Texas metropolitan area, Victoria Metropolitan Statis ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Fannin is named for

James Fannin James Walker Fannin Jr. (January 1, 1804– March 27, 1836) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Texian Army during the Texas Revolution. After being outnumbered and surrendering to the Mexican Army at the Battle o ...

, who commanded the group of Texans killed in the Goliad Massacre during the

Texas Revolution The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the Centralist Republic of Mexico, centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of ...

Recreation

Fannin is home to the

Coleto Creek Reservoir Coleto Creek Reservoir is a reservoir on Coleto Creek and Perdido Creek located in Fannin, Texas, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Victoria, Texas. The surface of the lake extends into Victoria and Goliad counties. The reservoir was for ...

. It is a venue for camping, fishing and other outdoor recreation.

References

Unincorporated communities in Goliad County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas Victoria, Texas metropolitan area {{GoliadCountyTX-geo-stub