Harbor City

Ghost town · San Patricio County, Texas

Aransas Pass quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1925, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Harbor City is a ghost town in San Patricio County, Texas. It is the only former community in San Patricio County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Harbor City as a historical populated place on the Port Ingleside topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 27.8239° N, 97.1955° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Port Ingleside
Elevation	10 ft
Nearest living town	Ingleside on the Bay, TX
Distance to it	1.6 miles
GNIS feature ID	1829127
Coordinates	27.82392, -97.19555

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What's there now

Harbor City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ingleside on the Bay, TX (population 763), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 10 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Port Aransas Light Station
lighthouse · Aransas County · 9 mi
Texas Maritime Museum Light
lighthouse · Aransas County · 16.6 mi
Black Point
ghost town · Refugio County · 18.6 mi
Aransas City
ghost town · Aransas County · 22.2 mi
Copano
ghost town · Refugio County · 22.6 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.