Cat Spring, Texas
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| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Austin |
| Elevation | 308 ft (94 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
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| ZIP codes | 78933 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1332320 |
Cat Spring is an unincorporated community in southern Austin County, Texas, United States. It lies along FM 949 south of the city of Bellville, the county seat of Austin County.[1] Its elevation is 308 feet (94 m).[2] Although Cat Spring is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78933;[3] the ZCTA for ZIP Code 78933 had a population of 766 at the 2000 census.[4]
Cat Spring was founded by immigrants from Oldenburg and Westphalia in 1834 and named for a nearby spring where a puma was killed by one of the German immigrants. The community was the location of Texas' first agricultural society, and was the site of a station on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad established in the 1890s. The community began to decline after World War II.[5]
References
- ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, pp. 100-101.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cat Spring, Texas
- ↑ Zip Code Lookup
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- ↑ Cat Spring, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-17. Accessed 2008-08-11.
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