Inez Map
Inez is a census-designated place (CDP), on U.S. Highway 59 fifteen miles northeast of Victoria, Texas, near the Jackson County, Texas line in Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,787 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is that of a daughter of a railroad developer.
In the late 17th century, a French colony called Fort Saint Louis existed near Inez as part of the French claim to the area.
The community of Inez was originally called "Arenosa" after a nearby creek. (Arenosa is Spanish for "sandy".)
Nearby cities include Edna, Vanderbilt, Placedo, Victoria, Lolita.