Official Name: | Papalote, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Papalote |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bee |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 89 |
Coordinates: | 28.1725°N -97.6019°W |
Area Code: | 361 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1378831 |
Papalote is an unincorporated community in Bee County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 70 in 2000. It is located within the Beeville micropolitan area.
Papalote was first settled on Papalote Creek after land grants were given by Mexico to its early settlers. The area was split into three settlements: Lower, Central, and Upper Papalote, but the three merged into one settlement around the mid-1880s.[1]
Several schools were established throughout Papalote's history, such as schools in Lower Papalote.[1] It is currently part of the Skidmore-Tynan Independent School District.