McDade, Texas explained

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.

History

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]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4sqmi, all land.[5]

Demographics

McDade racial composition as of 2020[6]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)!Race!Number!Percentage
White (NH)39454.72%
Black or African American (NH)40.56%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)20.28%
Some Other Race (NH)20.28%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)283.89%
Hispanic or Latino29040.28%
Total720
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 720 people, 368 households, and 268 families residing in the CDP.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website . 2008-01-31 . United States Census Bureau.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): McDade CDP, Texas . dead . https://archive.today/20200212202113/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4845564 . February 12, 2020 . April 9, 2014 . U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
  3. Web site: Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing . 12 January 2017 . Texas: 2010.
  4. Book: Wharton . David . The Soul of a Small Texas Town: Photographs, Memories, and History from McDade . May 15, 2000 . University of Oklahoma Press . 978-0806131788.
  5. Web site: US Gazetteer Files 2016-Places-Texas . 12 January 2017 . US Census.
  6. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2022-05-24 . data.census.gov.