BAYOU, TX (SAN PATRICIO COUNTY) BAYOU, TEXAS (San Patricio
County). Bayou, between San Patricio and Mathis on a bayou that
drained an area of fertile San Patricio County land, was settled
in the post-Civil War period. Thomas Bernard Magowan settled on
a farm on the bayou in 1876, and other families followed until
perhaps a dozen lived in the area. The community had its own
school, administered by the schools of San Patricio, and the
loose community of families considered themselves a settlement
apart from San Patricio. The later history of Bayou is unknown;
most of its area is now ranchland. Keith Guthrie, History of San
Patricio County (Austin: Nortex, 1986). The following, adapted
from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred
citation for this article.Keith Guthrie, "BAYOU, TX (SAN
PATRICIO COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online
(http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvbbx),
accessed May 22, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical
Association.