In reality, the Bolivar Peninsula and Port Bolivar, Texas, were named after who?

Question

In reality, the Bolivar Peninsula and Port Bolivar, Texas, were named after who?

Answer 1

Apparently: Simon Bolivar

this site says:

"Bolivar Peninsula, named for Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), the South American hero, is a narrow strip of land or "barrier island" stretching twenty-seven miles along the Texas Gulf Coast in a northeasterly direction to form eastern Galveston County (the center of the peninsula is at 29°26' N, 94°41' W). At its widest point between Crystal Beach and Caplen, the peninsula is three miles wide.

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Answer 2

Bolivar Peninsula was founded in 1820 and is named for Simon Bolivar, patriot, statesman and liberator of five South American Republics. A Spanish subject by birth, Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela on July 24, 1783.

Port Bolivar is a community at the western tip of Bolivar Peninsula