Cost, Texas

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Cost is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 62 in 2000. [2]

Cost is located at 29°26′15″N97°31′34″W / 29.43750°N 97.52611°W / 29.43750; -97.52611 . It is situated along State Highway 97 in central Gonzales County, approximately six miles southwest of Gonzales. [3]

The first shot beginning the war of the Texas Revolution was fired a mile east of Cost on October 2, 1835.[ citation needed ]

Cost has a post office, with the zip code of 78614. [4]

Public education in the community of Cost is provided by the Gonzales Independent School District.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cost, Texas
  2. ↑ "Cost, Texas". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cost, Texas". TexasEscapes.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.; has photo of the monument to the Battle of Gonzales.
  4. ↑ Zip Code lookup Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
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