Taft

Established in the early 1900s on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass RR in east central San Patricio County, Taft was named for Charles Taft of the Coleman-Fulton Pasture Co. for which the station was a shipping point. Other partners in the enterprise were named Mathis, Fulton, and Sinton, all of whom have towns named for them also. Taft’s economy today is based on agriculture and diversified industries.