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Colorado, Texas
Colorado, Texas is located in Texas
Colorado, Texas
Colorado, Texas
Location in Texas
Colorado, Texas is located in the United States
Colorado, Texas
Colorado, Texas
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Texas
County Bastrop
Elevation
351 ft (107 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 512 & 737
GNIS feature ID 1354813

Colorado is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.

History

The community was named after the state of Colorado. A church and several scattered homes marked the community on county maps in the 1940s and it only had a church and cemetery but no homes by the 1980s. It did not have any population estimates in 2000.

Geography

Colorado is located 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of Smithville in southeastern Bastrop County.

Education

Colorado had its own school in 1905, with one teacher and 50 black students. It is said to have joined the Smithville Independent School District in 1921. The community continues to be served by the Smithville ISD today.

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