- Cost, Texas
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Cost is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population 62 in 2000.[1]
Cost is located at 29°26′15″N 97°31′34″W / 29.4375°N 97.52611°W (29.4374607, -97.5288825). It is situated along State Highway 97 in central Gonzales County, approximately six miles southwest of Gonzales.[2]
The first shot beginning the war of the Texas Revolution was fired a mile east of Cost on October 2, 1835.
Although it is unincorporated, Cost has a post office with the zip code of 78614.[3]
Public education in the community of Cost is provided by the Gonzales Independent School District.
References
- ^ "Cost, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hnc98.html. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ "Cost, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/Cost-Texas.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cost, Texas
- Cost, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
Municipalities and communities of Gonzales County, Texas Cities Unincorporated
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Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- South Texas geography stubs
- Unincorporated communities in Texas
- Populated places in Gonzales County, Texas
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