Carlsbad,_Texas

Carlsbad, Texas

Carlsbad, Texas

Unincorporated community and census-designated place in Texas, United States

Carlsbad is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in northwestern 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]

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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 (31.611248, -100.640647). The CDP has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all land.[7]

Demographics

2020 census

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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 622 people, 133 households, and 75 families residing in the CDP.

References

  1. [1]
    Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 99.
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carlsbad, Texas
  3. [3]
    Zip Code Lookup Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. [5]
    "Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). Texas: 2010.
  6. [6]
    Carlsbad, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-17. Accessed 2008-08-17.
  7. [7]
    "Carlsbad, Texas :: Boundary Map of Carlsbad, Texas". Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  9. [9]
    "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  1. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[9]
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