| Official Name: | McDade, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Texas##Location within the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bastrop |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.0 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.0 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 720 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 551 |
| Coordinates: | 30.2839°N -97.2378°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 78650 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 48-45564[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1341178 |
McDade is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Bastrop County, Texas, United States, located along U.S. Route 290. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 720.[2] It is 9miles east of Elgin and east of Austin. It is west of Giddings.
This was a new CDP for the 2010 census.[3]
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.[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4sqmi, all land.[5]
| 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 |