Cost is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population 62 in 2000.[1]
Cost is located at 29°26′15″N 97°31′34″W / 29.43750°N 97.52611°W (29.4374607, -97.5288825). It is situated along State Highway 97 in central Gonzales County, approximately six miles southwest of Gonzales.[2]
The first shot beginning the war of the Texas Revolution was fired a mile east of Cost on October 2, 1835.
Cost has a post office, with the zip code of 78614.[3]
Public education in the community of Cost is provided by the Gonzales Independent School District.
See also
References
- ↑ "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
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cost, Texas
- Cost, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
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