Anahuac (/ˈænəwæk/ AN-ə-wak)[4] is a city in the U.S. state of Texas on the coast of Trinity Bay.

[5] Anahuac is the seat of Chambers County[6] and is situated in Southeast Texas.

Despite the name, neither the city of Anahuac, Texas, nor the immediate region were ever part of the Aztec Empire.

In 1721, Frenchman Jean Baptiste de La Harpe reached this area.

Two major events in 1832 and 1835, known as the Anahuac Disturbances (caused mainly by rogue bandits termed "Texians" from the Brazos Valley area), helped to precipitate the Texas Revolution that led to the separation of Texas from Mexico.

One of these events was the jailing by Mexican authorities of William Travis for illegal slave importation,[8] and the other was unfair taxation and duties on river traffic to the settlers by the Mexican authorities.

[citation needed] In October 1830, Mexican Colonel Juan Davis Bradburn established a customs post atop the same 30-foot (9.1 m) bluff where Perry had camped.

[9] The soldiers erected two large kilns to produce bricks to build a more permanent fort.

Soldiers were given 25 cents per day to use for food and other supplies, and they spent the money locally.

In 1989, the local chamber of commerce organized the first Gatorfest, which attracted 14,000 people into the Fort Anahuac Park, and it has been held annually since then.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Anahuac has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km2), all land.

[5] With the City of Houston's annexation of the I-10 corridor through Bayton and Mt Belvieu to the Trinity River in Chambers County and possible further expansion to Wallisville Texas, The City of Anahuac is considering annexing and expanding its City Limits on Highway 563 to Wallisville which would possibly bring the Houston Annex to Anahuac as well.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,980 people, 837 households, and 539 families residing in the city.