Mr. Dale Fowler (CEcD, Victoria Economic Development Corporation, President) Web Site: http://victoriaedc.com Email: [email protected] Phone Number: 1.800.765.8198 Fax Number: 361.485.3190

Location

Victoria, , is located

30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and is within a two-hour drive of Corpus Christi, , and Austin. Victoria is a regional hub for a seven county area and serves a retail trade area of over 250,000 people. Known as the Crossroads, Victoria is located at the intersection of three major U. S. highways. U. S. Highway 59 (future I-69) is a four-lane divided interstate quality highway extending southwest to Laredo and northeast to Houston where it meets I-10 and I-45. U. S. Highway 77 travels north from Victoria to the -Fort Worth metroplex intersecting I-10, I-35, and I-37. U. S. 77 travels south via a four-lane divided highway to the Rio Grande Valley. U. S. Highway 87 travels northeast connecting Victoria to San Antonio providing access to I-35. U. S. 87 also connects with Port Lavaca to the southeast. The regional seven-county area known as the Golden Crescent includes Victoria, Calhoun, Dewitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, and Lavaca counties. Victoria is a regional transportation hub for the surrounding counties with local access to major large and small freight carriers, Victoria Regional Airport, railway terminals, the shallow draft Port of Victoria, and the deep water Port of Port Lavaca-Point Comfort. Distances to Major Cities

City Distance From/To Victoria Atlanta 929 Austin 123 Chicago 1,299 Corpus Christi 93 Dallas 295 Denver 1,087 Houston 122 Jackson, MS 565 Memphis 713 New Orleans 466 Mexico City, MX 928 Monterrey, MX 337 Oklahoma City 526 San Antonio 114 Toronto, CAN 2,025 Washington DC 1,893

Climate in Victoria

Victoria County Land area: 889 square miles City of Victoria area: 32.78 square miles Region of Country: Southwest Altitude / Elevation: 115 feet Average daily temperature 70.1° Average high temperature during hottest month; August 95° Average low temperature during coolest month; January 43° Average annual rain 34 inches Annual snowfall 0.0 inches Earthquake index 0.0