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Bridge City, TX - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Bridge City  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Bridge City Home page. The Bridge City Home page provides as much information as possible on Bridge City. Knowing Bridge City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Bridge City’s Home page, you will also find Bridge City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Bridge City has a population of 7902. 51.8% of Bridge City’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.2 are female. 64.3% of Bridge City is married and 74.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $147,300, and the average rent is $894. Household median income in Bridge City is $87,031, and the individual median income is $41,780. Bridge City’s Ethnic is the following: White(93.8%), Hispanic(5.8%), Multiple(3.5%), Asian(2.1%), Other(0.6%).


The city was originally named Prairie View, as it was located on the coastal grasslands of the upper Texas coastline. But in 1938, the Port Arthur-Orange Bridge (now known as the Rainbow Bridge) was built, and the unincorporated area took on the name "Bridge City". Despite several previous attempts, the city did not incorporate until 1970. Bridge City got its name from the fact that one has to cross a bridge to enter the city.


All three major roads that enter Bridge City—Chemical Road, SH 87, and F.M. 1442—cross a body of water. SH 87 crosses the Neches River and Cow Bayou—Cow Bayou on the Orange side and the Neches River on the Port Arthur side. Chemical Road crosses a branch off of the Sabine River and Cow Bayou.


F.M. 1442 crosses a small creek off Cow Bayou between F.M. 105 and the Bridge City City limits. F.M. 1442 also crosses Cow Bayou just north of Orangefield and south of Interstate 10. In 1990, Bridge City became the first city in Texas to install "leaning" streetlights because of the tall electrical lines near the roadway [1]. In 2008, the storm surge generated by Hurricane Ike caused nearly complete flooding of Bridge City.


Mayor Kirk Roccaforte estimated that only 14 homes in the city were unaffected by the surge. The piles of debris and waterlogged furniture placed outside homes by residents beginning to clean up led the mayor to say "The whole city looks like a flea market."


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