Sand, Texas | |
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  Sand, Texas Location in Texas | |
| Coordinates: 30°03′10″N97°01′44″W / 30.05290400°N 97.02890300°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Bastrop |
Sand is a ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.
Sand, Texas | |
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| Sand, Texas Location in Texas | |
| Coordinates: 30°03′10″N97°01′44″W / 30.05290400°N 97.02890300°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Bastrop |
Sand is a ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.
Sand is named for the sand of the Post Oak Savannah. A post office operated from 1898 to 1929, with Ernest J. Lawrence serving as postmaster. At its peak in the 1910s, it had a population of 35, but began declining from the 1920s. It was abandoned by 1946. [1] [2]
Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 45,883. Its county seat is Lockhart. The county was founded in 1848 and named after Mathew Caldwell, a ranger captain who fought in the Battle of Plum Creek against the Comanches and against Santa Anna's armies during the Texas Revolution. Caldwell was also a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Bastrop County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in Central Texas and its county seat is Bastrop.
George Washington Jones was an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Texas and was a Greenback member of the United States House of Representatives.
Bastrop State Park is a state park in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. The park was established in 1933 and consists of stands of loblolly pines mixed with post oak and junipers.
The Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metropolitan statistical area, or Greater Austin, is a five-county metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Texas, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. The metropolitan area is situated in Central Texas on the western edge of the American South and on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, and borders Greater San Antonio to the south.
Felipe Enrique Neri was a Dutch businessman and land owner known for his money in Anglo-American settlement of Texas.
Cedar Creek is an census-designated place (CDP) in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. It is located about 11 miles (18 km) west of the city of Bastrop. The community takes its name from Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River that is close to the area. Cedar Creek is home to McKinney Roughs Nature Park, which features natural landscapes and an archaeological site.
Paige is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. Paige has a post office with the ZIP code 78659.
Sayersville is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
West Bay, also referred to as West Galveston Bay, is a long inlet of Galveston Bay in Galveston and Brazoria counties that nearly runs the entire length west of Galveston Island.
Bastrop Academy, later renamed Bastrop Military Institute, was located in Bastrop, Texas. The institute was moved to Austin in 1870 and renamed to Texas Military Institute.
Travis County has had two locations named Montopolis. The first was during the Republic of Texas period north of the Colorado River. The second is today's Montopolis neighborhood in Austin, Texas south of the river. Located southeast of the city's urban core, today's neighborhood is in ZIP code 78741. Montopolis is bounded by Lake Lady Bird on the north, by Grove Street and the Pleasant Valley neighborhood on the west, to the south by Texas State Highway 71, and by U.S. Route 183 on the east. The southeast corner abuts Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Montopolis is in City Council District 3.
String Prairie is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 125 in 2000. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
Hills Prairie, or Hill's Prairie, is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 50 in 2000. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
Watterson is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
Grassyville is a ghost town located in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. The community was founded in the northeastern corner of the county, near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2104 and Farm to Market Road 2239, six miles south of Paige, 14 miles east of Bastrop, and 50 miles east of Austin.
Phelan is a ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Bastrop near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 157 and Farm to Market Road 36. It is on private property.
Salem is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. The town is one of 17 communities named Salem in the state. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
McDuff is a ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. The community was located eight miles southwest of Elgin, 12 miles northwest of Bastrop, and 25 miles east of Austin. It was on an old stage mail route from Bastrop to Austin. Today, the town site would correspond roughly with the intersection of Farm to Market Road 969 and Upper Elgin River Road.
Butler is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |