McDade is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

in northern

Bastrop County, Texas Bastrop County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in Central Texas and its county seat is Bastrop. As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,216. Bastrop County is included in the Austin–Round Rock, Texas, metropolitan ...

, located along U.S. Route 290. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 720. It is east of Elgin and east of

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

. It is west of

Giddings Giddings may refer to: * Giddings (surname) *Giddings, Texas Giddings is the county seat of Lee County, Texas, United States situated on the intersection of U.S. Highway 77 and U.S. Route 290. Its population was 4,969 at the 2020 census. The ci ...

Census Designated Place history

This was a new CDP for the 2010 census. The community is named for James W. McDade, a major stockholder in the

Houston and Texas Central Railroad The Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC), was an 872-mile (1403-km) railway system chartered in Texas in 1848, with construction beginning in 1856. The line eventually stretched from Houston northward to Dallas and Denison, Texas. with branch ...

in 1869. The

McDade Independent School District McDade Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of McDade, Texas, USA. The district has two schools - McDade Elementary - that serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through 5th, Middle School grades 6th ...

serves area students. McDade was, for several years, the childhood home of 1950s television and recording star

Gale Storm Josephine Owaissa Cottle (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009), known professionally as Gale Storm, was an American actress and singer. After a film career from 1940 to 1952, she starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, ''My Littl ...

, as her mother owned a millinery shop in McDade.

Geography

According to the

United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ...

, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

2020 United States census The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to of ...

, there were 720 people, 368 households, and 268 families residing in the CDP.

References

External links

* Census-designated places in Bastrop County, Texas Census-designated places in Texas Census-designated places in Greater Austin Unincorporated communities in Texas {{bastropCountyTX-geo-stub