Colorado, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 29°59′09″N 97°08′03″W / 29.98583°N 97.13417°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Bastrop |
Elevation | 351 ft (107 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 512 & 737 |
GNIS feature ID | 1354813 [1] |
Colorado is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. [1] It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
The community was named after the state of Colorado. [2] 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. [3]
Colorado is located 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of Smithville in southeastern Bastrop County. [3]
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. [3] The community continues to be served by the Smithville ISD today.