Victoria, Texas
Victoria, Texas | |
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City and county seat | |
| City of Victoria | |
Downtown Victoria in December 2007 | |
Location in the state of Texas | |
| Coordinates: 28°49′1″N 96°59′36″W / 28.81694°N 96.99333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Victoria |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Duane Crocker |
| • City Council | Rafael DeLaGarza, III Steven Kidder April L. Butler Jan Scott Dr. Andrew Young Mark Loffgren |
| • City Manager | Jesús A. Garza |
| Area | |
| 37.57 sq mi (97.30 km2) | |
| • Land | 37.37 sq mi (96.78 km2) |
| • Water | 0.20 sq mi (0.52 km2) |
| Elevation | 95 ft (29 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 65,534 | |
| • Density | 1,790.73/sq mi (691.41/km2) |
| • Metro | 116,000 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 77901, 77902, 77903, 77904, 77905 |
| Area code | 361 |
| FIPS code | 48-75428 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1370631 |
| Website | City of Victoria |
Victoria is a city and the county seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 65,534 as of the 2020 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 as of the 2000 census. Its elevation is 95 ft (29 m).
Victoria is located 30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. It is a two-hour drive from Corpus Christi, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin.
The city is named for General Guadalupe Victoria, who became the first president of independent Mexico. It is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Texas.