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 | |
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State | ![]() |
County | Victoria |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
• Mayor | Jeff Bauknight |
• City Council | Rafael DeLaGarza, III Josephine Soliz Duane Crocker Jan Scott Dr. Andrew Young Mark Loffgren |
• City Manager | Jesús A. Garza |
Area | |
• City and county seat | 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) | |
• City and county seat | 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[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1370631[3] |
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.[4] 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.[5] It is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Texas.