McDade, Texas

Coordinates: 30°17′02″N 97°14′16″W / 30.28389°N 97.23778°W / 30.28389; -97.23778
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McDade, Texas
McDade Baptist Church
McDade Baptist Church
McDade, Texas is located in Texas
McDade, Texas
Location within the state of Texas
McDade, Texas is located in the United States
McDade, Texas
McDade, Texas (the United States)
Coordinates: 30°17′02″N 97°14′16″W / 30.28389°N 97.23778°W / 30.28389; -97.23778
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyBastrop
Area
 • Total4.0 sq mi (10 km2)
 • Land4.0 sq mi (10 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
551 ft (168 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total720
 • Density180/sq mi (69/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
78650
FIPS code48-45564[1]
GNIS feature ID1341178[2]

McDade is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northern Bastrop County, Texas, United States, located along U.S. Route 290.[2] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 720.[3] It is 9 miles (14 km) east of Elgin and 34 miles (55 km) east of Austin. It is 21 miles (34 km) west of Giddings.

Census Designated Place history[edit]

This was a new CDP for the 2010 census.[4]

The community is named for James W. McDade, a major stockholder in the Houston and Texas Central Railroad in 1869.

The McDade Independent School District serves area students.

McDade was, for several years, the childhood home of 1950s television and recording star Gale Storm, as her mother owned a millinery shop in McDade.

McDade Pottery, which operated from 1863 to 1942, is the most successful business ever to exist in the town.[5]

Geography[edit]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10 km2), all land.[6]

Demographics[edit]

McDade racial composition as of 2020[7]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)[a]
Race Number Percentage
White (NH) 394 54.72%
Black or African American (NH) 4 0.56%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) 2 0.28%
Some Other Race (NH) 2 0.28%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) 28 3.89%
Hispanic or Latino 290 40.28%
Total 720

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 720 people, 368 households, and 268 families residing in the CDP.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McDade
  3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): McDade CDP, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). Texas: 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  5. ^ Wharton, David (May 15, 2000). The Soul of a Small Texas Town: Photographs, Memories, and History from McDade. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806131788.
  6. ^ "US Gazetteer Files 2016-Places-Texas". US Census. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  7. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  8. ^ https://www.census.gov/[not specific enough to verify]
  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.[8][9]

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