Volente is a village in
Travis County
Travis County is located in Central Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,290,188. It is the fifth-most populous county in Texas. Its county seat and most populous city is Austin, the state's capital. The county was established i ...
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Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
United States located on the north shore of
Lake Travis
Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States. It is named in honor of William B. Travis.
Serving principally as a flood-control reservoir, Lake Travis' historical minimum to maximum water height cha ...
. A post office was first established at Volente in 1886, with Andrew J. Stanford as postmaster but was not incorporated until 2003. The population was 561 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Volente has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
In terms of ethnicity, 84.4% were of Non-Hispanic White, 13.0% were of Hispanic and Latin-Americans, 3.0% were of Mixed origins. In terms of ancestry, 41.7% were of
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
, 30.0% were of
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Culture, language and peoples
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
, 10.9% were of
Irish, 7.3% were of
French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
, 4.9% were of
American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, p ...
, 3.9% were of
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
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References
External links
Village of VolenteVolente Neighborhood AssociationVolente Fire DepartmentHandbook of Texas
Villages in Travis County, Texas
Villages in Texas
Greater Austin
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