Carlsbad is a

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and

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in northwestern Tom Green County, Texas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 87, northwest of the city of

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, the

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of Tom Green County. Its elevation is 2,024 feet (617 m). Although Carlsbad is unincorporated, it has a

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, with the ZIP code of 76934; the ZCTA for ZIP Code 76934 had a population of 1,332 at the 2000 census. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census, with a population of 719. Located along the North Concho River, Carlsbad was founded in 1907 under the name of Hughes. When the

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required the community to be renamed, residents chose the name of the

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of Karlsbad in

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, after local wells were discovered to yield

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Geography

Carlsbad is located at (31.611248, -100.640647). The CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

Carlsbad first appeared as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census.

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 622 people, 133 households, and 75 families residing in the CDP.

References

External links

Profile of Carlsbad
from the

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