Placedo is 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 ...
(CDP) in
Victoria County,
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. This was a new CDP for the
2010 census, with a population of 692.
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.
Geography
Placedo is located at (28.691936, -96.825904). It is situated along
U.S. Highway 87 in southeastern Victoria County, approximately 14 miles southeast of Victoria.
The CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Placedo 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.
[
]
2020 census
History
A settlement has existed at the site since the Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas (), or simply Texas, was a country in North America that existed for close to 10 years, from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. Texas shared borders with Centralist Republic of Mexico, the Republic of the Rio Grande, an ...
era. The community is named for Plácido Benavides
Plácido Benavides (1810–1837) was an early Mexican-born settler in De Leon's Colony, Victoria County, Texas. Benavides earned himself the sobriquet of the Paul Revere of Texas for his 1836 journey from San Patricio to Goliad to Victoria, warn ...
, a participant and organizer of volunteer troops in 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 ...
, and an early settler who established a ranch in the area during the 1830s. The San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad
The San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad (SA&MG) was a railroad set up in 1850 to connect the city of San Antonio to the Gulf of Mexico. The railroad survived the Civil War and merged with the Indianola Railroad into the Gulf, Western Texas and ...
established a station at Placedo in 1860. In 1906, the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
Chartered on June 6, 1903, the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway (also known as the ''Brownie'') was a 200-mile (321 km) U.S. railroad that operated from Brownsville, Texas, to Gulf Coast Junction in Houston, Texas. It served numerous t ...
crossed the old line and renamed the station Placedo Junction. Placedo was platted in 1910 and infrastructure improvements, including sidewalks and gutters, were added. By 1920, the community had a population of 300 with a bank, school, and several businesses. Much of the community was damaged during a 1925 hurricane and the population didn't begin to recover until the mid-1930s. In the following years, Placedo's population fluctuated from 400 in the 1940s to 220 in 1949, and rose to 480 by the mid-1960s and 515 a decade later. The number of inhabitants remained at that level until 2000, when an estimated 760 people were living in the community.
Education
Public education in the community of Placedo is provided by the Bloomington Independent School District.[ ]
Text list
/ref> The district has four schools, one of which is located in Placedo. Placedo Elementary School serves Bloomington ISD students in grades pre - kindergarten through first grade.
All of the county is in the service area of Victoria College.Texas Education Code Sec. 130.208. THE VICTORIA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
/ref>
Notable people
* John Sharp, former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution. The comptroller is popularly elected every four years, and is primarily tasked with collecting all state tax revenue and estimating the a ...
(1991-1999) and, since 2011, chancellor of the Texas A&M University System
The Texas A&M University System is a state university system in Texas and is one of the state's seven independent university systems.
The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the United States, with a ...
, is a native of Placedo.
*Jesse Bernal, former University of California Regent (2008-2010), is a native of Placedo.
*Josh Looman, lead game designer on the Madden video game franchise, is a native of Placedo.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Victoria County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
Victoria, Texas metropolitan area