Carlsbad, Texas

Carlsbad
Unincorporated community & census-designated place
Carlsbad
Carlsbad

Location within the state of Texas

Coordinates: 31°36′20″N 100°38′36″W / 31.60556°N 100.64333°W / 31.60556; -100.64333Coordinates: 31°36′20″N 100°38′36″W / 31.60556°N 100.64333°W / 31.60556; -100.64333
Country United States
State Texas
County Tom Green
Elevation 2,024 ft (617 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
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]

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.[5]

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. ↑ Carlsbad, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-17. Accessed 2008-08-17.
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