Sargent, Texas

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Sargent, also known as "Resort" is a small community located in the North-eastern corner of Matagorda County, in the US state of Texas.

Sargent is a fishing, boating, and water sports community with a variable population, as most of its inhabitants are weekend commuters from larger cities such as Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Approximately 500 permanent residents live in the Sargent area, while on holiday weekends the population may swell to as high as 5,000.

The unique appeal of Sargent is that most of the homesites are on waterfront. Several developments, such as Downey's Caney Creek, and Caney Court, began in the early 1960s to dig canals off the Caney Creek and the Intracoastal Waterway. Many waterfront lots were originally sold as campsites. Much of Sargent still has a fishing camp influence with many recreational vehicles present, although the majority of developed homesites now have permanent dwellings.

Sargent Beach, also called "Holiday Beach", received funding for and completed development of a granite breakwater in the late 1990's. This substructure is designed to help prevent beach erosion and protect inland homes from storm surge in the event of a tropical cyclone making landfall near the area.