Point Comfort was the third town to be incorporated in Calhoun County and it happened on July 11, 1953. The post office opened in 1955 with Annie Ramsey as a postmaster. It has a total area of 1.3 square miles and located in northeastern Calhoun County on the east side of Lavaca Bay. Texas State Highway 35 passes through the community, leading southwest across the bay 7 miles (11 km) to Port Lavaca, the Calhoun County seat, and east 23 miles (37 km) to Palacios. This city in Calhoun County, Texas is also part of the Victoria, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 704 in 2017. Point Comfort is served by the Calhoun County Independent School District. It has one heliport, Formosa Plastics Heliport (TS51).
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