Official Name: | Stockton Bend, Texas |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hood |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.43 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.628 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.80 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.94 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.629 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.31 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 380 |
Population Density Km2: | 233.36 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 604.13 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 702 |
Coordinates: | 32.4781°N -97.7603°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 76048 |
Area Code: | 817 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 48-10087 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2083667 |
Stockton Bend, formerly Brazos Bend, is a city in Hood County, Texas, United States. It was incorporated in May 2004[2] originally as "Brazos Bend", and is located along the main stem of the Brazos River. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 380.[3] The city is part of the Granbury, Texas Micropolitan Statistical Area. The name was recently changed to "Stockton Bend".
The city is in northeast-central Hood County, on both sides of the Brazos River where it is impounded as Lake Granbury. There is no bridge within the city limits connecting the two parts of the city. The majority of the city is on the west side of the river, occupying the inside of the Stockton Bend river attribute. The city is 4miles northeast of Granbury, the Hood county seat.
The Granbury Independent School District serves area students.
Information on the city government is available at the Texas Municipal League