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Country
  
United States

County
  
Bastrop

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Area
  
10.4 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 10:13 AM

State
  
Texas

Elevation
  
551 ft (168 m)

ZIP code
  
78650

Population
  
685 (2010)

McDade, Texas

Weather
  
17°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 92% Humidity

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McDade is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northern Bastrop County, Texas, located along U.S. Route 290. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 685. It is 9 miles (14 km) east of Elgin and 34 miles (55 km) east of Austin. It is 21 miles (34 km) west of Giddings.

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Map of McDade, TX 78650, USA

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 in 1869.

The McDade Independent School District serves area students.

McDade was, for several years, the childhood home of 1950s television and recording star Gale Storm, as her mother owned a millinery shop in McDade.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10 km2), all land.

References

McDade, Texas Wikipedia