Carlsbad, Texas

Carlsbad
Unincorporated community and census-designated place
Carlsbad
Location within the state of Texas
Carlsbad
Carlsbad (the US)
Coordinates: 31°36′41″N 100°38′26″W / 31.61139°N 100.64056°W / 31.61139; -100.64056Coordinates: 31°36′41″N 100°38′26″W / 31.61139°N 100.64056°W / 31.61139; -100.64056
Country United States
State Texas
County Tom Green
Area
 • Total 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2)
 • Land 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 2,024 ft (617 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 719
 • Density 450/sq mi (180/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes 76934
GNIS feature ID 1353826

Carlsbad is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in northwest Tom Green County, Texas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 87 northwest of the city of San Angelo, the county seat of Tom Green County.[1] Its elevation is 2,024 feet (617 m).[2] Although Carlsbad is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76934;[3] the ZCTA for ZIP Code 76934 had a population of 1,332 at the 2000 census.[4]

This was a new CDP for the 2010 census with a population of 719. [5]

Located 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 the spa town of Karlsbad in Bohemia, after local wells were discovered to yield mineral water.[6]

Geography

Carlsbad is located at 31°36′41″N 100°38′26″W / 31.61139°N 100.64056°W / 31.61139; -100.64056 (31.611248, -100.640647). The CDP has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all land.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 99.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carlsbad, Texas
  3. ↑ Zip Code Lookup Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  5. ↑ "Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). Texas: 2010.
  6. ↑ Carlsbad, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-17. Accessed 2008-08-17.
  7. ↑ "Carlsbad, Texas :: Boundary Map of Carlsbad, Texas".
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