Cost, Texas
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Cost is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population 62 in 2000.[2]
Cost is located at 29°26′15″N 97°31′34″W / 29.43750°N 97.52611°W. It is situated along State Highway 97 in central Gonzales County, approximately six miles southwest of Gonzales.[3]
The first shot beginning the war of the Texas Revolution was fired a mile east of Cost on October 2, 1835.[citation needed]
Cost has a post office, with the zip code of 78614.[4]
Public education in the community of Cost is provided by the Gonzales Independent School District.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cost, Texas
- ^ "Cost, Texas". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ "Cost, Texas". TexasEscapes.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.; has photo of the monument to the Battle of Gonzales.
- ^ Zip Code lookup Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
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