Holiday Beach is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in
Aransas County, Texas, United States. As of the
2010 census, it had a population of 514.
This was a new CDP for the
2010 census.
Geography
Holiday Beach is situated on the eastern shore of
Copano Bay along
State Highway 35 in Aransas County, about northeast of
Rockport.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is covered by water.
History
Development of the area began in the mid-1960s, when a group of
Dallas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
investors organized the Copano Land Company. The first lots were sold around 1964. The subdivision continued to develop, with waterfront homes and boat canals throughout the remainder of the 20th century. Holiday Beach was home to an estimated 1,000 residents in 2000.
In August 2017,
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey was a devastating tropical cyclone that made landfall in Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths. It is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cy ...
destroyed the area after making landfall in Holiday Beach.
Subdivisions
Holiday Beach is divided into 12 subdivision sections: Bayview, Belaire, Hillcrest, Mesquite Tree, Newcomb Bend, Northview, Oak Shores, Palmetto Point, St. Charles, Sherwood Downs, Southview, and Woodland Hills.
Demographics
Holiday Beach first appeared as a
census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the
2010 U.S. Census.
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Education
Public education in the community of Holiday Lakes is provided by the Rockport-Fulton Independent School District.
References
External links
Community of Holiday BeachRockportFulton.com Local Area Guide
Census-designated places in Texas
Census-designated places in Aransas County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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