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Port Bolivar is an unincorporated community located in the Bolivar Peninsula census-designated place, in Galveston County, Texas, United States state of Texas within Galveston County and part of the metropolitan area. , Port Bolivar had a population of 1,200.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Handbook of Texas )〕 The town is home to the historic Bolivar Lighthouse, which once guided ships entering Galveston Bay. ==History== James Long based his operations where Port Bolivar would be located since 1819. In 1838, Samuel D Parr surveyed the land, and it was granted to him by the Republic of Texas to be called Parrsville.〔 It changed hands as Archibald Wynns and William Lawrence bought the land and developed it.〔 The land was finally bought by a company and renamed to Port Bolivar in 1893.〔 Fort Travis in Bolivar Peninsula, separate from the Fort Travis in Galveston Island, was built with construction started in 1898.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Fort Travis )〕 The 1915 Galveston hurricane damaged Port Bolivar, and its port was mostly not rebuilt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Port Bolivar )〕 After Hurricane Ike the United States Postal Service temporarily relocated Port Bolivar post office box services to Winnie, Texas.〔"(Postal Service Relocates Services, Deploys Portable Buildings )." ''United States Postal Service''. September 18, 2008. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Port Bolivar, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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