Seadrift is a city in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. The population was 995 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the Victoria, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Seadrift is located in southwestern Calhoun County. It is on the northeastern shore of San Antonio Bay, by air but by road northeast of Corpus Christi and southeast of San Antonio.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 1.98%, is water.
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Seadrift has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Seadrift had a population of 995, 393 households, and 353 families residing in the city.
The median age was 45.4 years, with 21.3% of residents under the age of 18 and 23.6% aged 65 years or older, and there were 101.4 males for every 100 females and 105.0 males for every 100 females age 18 and over.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census
! Race !! Number !! Percent
|-
| White || 670 || 67.3%
|-
| Black or African American || 10 || 1.0%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 7 || 0.7%
|-
| Asian || 71 || 7.1%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 1 || 0.1%
|-
| Some other race || 73 || 7.3%
|-
| Two or more races || 163 || 16.4%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 276 || 27.7%
|}
2000 census
At the census Prior to this date, there had been several negative racial incidents between local citizens and Vietnamese refugees. As the central area relied heavily on the commercial fishing industry for income, many White natives felt threatened by the increasing number of Vietnamese. On the night of August 3, 1979, a fight broke out between Billy Joe Aplin, 35-year-old crabber, and Sau Van Nguyen, a Vietnamese crabber, which ended with the fatal shooting of Aplin. Within hours of the shooting, several Vietnamese boats were burned and there was an attempted bombing of a crab plant that employed Vietnamese workers. Sau Van Nguyen and his brother Chinh Nguyen were tried for murder and acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. The incident inspired the creation of both the 1981 documentary Fire on the Water and the 1985 film Alamo Bay. In January 2019, Title 8 Productions, LLC premiered an independent documentary called, Seadrift, in Park City Utah. It continues to be screened throughout the United States. The documentary series "Reel South" examined the 1979 incident in the 2020 film "Seadrift".
References
External links
- Seadrift Chamber of Commerce
- Handbook of Texas Online article
- Reel South documentary "Seadrift" https://www.reelsouth.org/documentaries/seadrift