{"id":7785,"date":"2023-09-11T18:54:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T18:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7785"},"modified":"2026-08-20T23:24:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:24:30","slug":"aransas-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/aransas-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Aransas County, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aransas County is a county in Texas, United States, a coastal peninsula on the Gulf of Mexico between Copano Bay and Aransas Bay. It had a population of 23,830 at the 2020 census and covers 528 square miles (1,370 km2) — 252 square miles of land and 276 square miles of water — centred near 28°06′N 96°59′W.<\/p>\n

Rockport is the county seat, and its postal code is 78382. The county has one city plus one town, several census-designated places and a handful of unincorporated communities. It sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Aransas County<\/h2>\n

Aransas County’s population concentrates along the coast around Rockport and Fulton, with smaller resort and fishing communities scattered along the bay shoreline. Rockport is the only full city seated entirely in the county; Aransas Pass and Corpus Christi both extend into neighboring counties. CDP = census-designated place (unincorporated, but with Census Bureau population data); Unincorp. = unincorporated place with no official population count.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Rockport<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n11,061<\/td>\n78382<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fulton<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78358<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aransas Pass<\/td>\nCity (shared)<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78336<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corpus Christi<\/td>\nCity (shared)<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holiday Beach<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78382<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lamar<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78382<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Key Allegro<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78382<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Copano Village<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78382<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estes<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78382<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Palm Harbor<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78382<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shell Ridge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78382<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spanish Village<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78382<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Aransas Pass and Corpus Christi are shared with neighboring counties — only their Aransas County wards are covered here. City-by-the-Sea, an earlier community name from the old list, does not correspond to a currently recognized Aransas County place and has been dropped.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n