- Carlsbad, Texas
Carlsbad is an unincorporated community in northwest Tom Green County,
Texas ,United States . It lies alongU.S. Route 87 northwest of the city of San Angelo, thecounty seat of Tom Green County. [Rand McNally. "The Road Atlas '08."Chicago :Rand McNally , 2008, p. 99.] Its elevation is 2,024 feet (617 m), and it is located at coor dms|31|36|20|N|100|38|36|W|city (31.6054321, -100.6434342). [gnis|1353826] Although Carlsbad is unincorporated, it has apost office , with theZIP code of 76934; [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=76934 Zip Code Lookup] ] the ZCTA for ZIP Code 76934 had a population of 1,322 at the 2000 census.GR|2Located along the
North Concho River , Carlsbad was founded in 1907 under the name of Hughes. When the Post Office required the community to be renamed, residents chose the name of thespa town of Karlsbad inBohemia , after local wells were discovered to yieldmineral water . [ [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hlc10.html Carlsbad, Texas] , Handbook of Texas Online,2008-01-17 . Accessed2008-08-17 .]References
External links
* [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hlc10.html Profile of Carlsbad] from the Handbook of Texas Online
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