Colorado, Texas

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Not to be confused with Colorado City, Texas.

Colorado, Texas
Unincorporated community
Colorado is located in Texas
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is located in the United States
Colorado
Colorado
Coordinates: 29°59′09″N 97°08′03″W / 29.98583°N 97.13417°W / 29.98583; -97.13417
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyBastrop
Elevation
351 ft (107 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)512 & 737
GNIS feature ID1354813

Colorado is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.

History

The community was named after the state of Colorado. A church and several scattered homes marked the community on county maps in the 1940s and it only had a church and cemetery but no homes by the 1980s. It did not have any population estimates in 2000.

Geography

Colorado is located 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of Smithville in southeastern Bastrop County.

Education

Colorado had its own school in 1905, with one teacher and 50 black students. It is said to have joined the Smithville Independent School District in 1921. The community continues to be served by the Smithville ISD today.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Colorado, Texas
  2. ^ "Towns named after states". Reading Eagle. July 2, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Smyrl, Vivian Elizabeth (December 1, 1994). "Colorado, TX". tshaonline.org.


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