{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Taylor Bayou | image = North Fork of Taylor Bayou seen from Boondocks Road, Jefferson County, Texas.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = North Fork of Taylor Bayou | source1_coordinates= {{coord|29|51|18|N|94|11|18|W}} | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|29|49|33|N|93|57|40|W|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | length_mi = 18 | source1_elevation = {{convert|0|m|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }} '''Taylor Bayou''' is a bayou in Jefferson County, Texas. It is formed by the confluence of the North Fork and the South Fork. Mayhaw Bayou flows into the South Fork. The headwaters of these streams are in western Jefferson County. La Belle and Taylor Landing are small settlements near Taylor Bayou.
The bayou flows east. Near Port Arthur, it is joined by the left tributaries Hillebrandt Bayou and Alligator Bayou. There, is directed by canals into the Intracoastal Waterway, southwest of the Port of Port Arthur on Sabine Lake.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.topozone.com/texas/jefferson-tx/channel/taylor-bayou-outfall-canal/ | title = Taylor Bayou Outfall Canal Topo Map in Jefferson County TX | publisher = TopoZone | access-date = 2019-11-11}}</ref>
==See also== *List of rivers of Texas
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web | title=An Analysis of Texas Waterways | url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/pwd_rp_t3200_1047/index.phtml | accessdate=2006-05-04}} *[https://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ USGS Geographic Names Information Service] *USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
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Category:Rivers of Texas Category:Rivers of Jefferson County, Texas
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