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Bastrop
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city in and county seat of Bastrop County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Bastrop
- Incorporated
- December 18, 1837
- Type
- Council-manager government
- Mayor
- Ishmael Harris
- City manager
- Sylvia Carrillo
- Total
- 9.34 sq mi (24.20 km )
- Land
- 9.22 sq mi (23.89 km )
- Water
- 0.12 sq mi (0.31 km )
- Elevation
- 367 ft (112 m)
- Density
- 1,002.0/sq mi (386.87/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Area codes
- 512 , 737
- Fips code
- 48-05864
- Website
- cityofbastrop.org
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Encyclopedic overview
Bastrop (/ˈbæstrəp, -trɒp/) is a city and the county seat of Bastrop County, Texas, United States. Its population was 9,688 according to the 2020 census. It is located about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Austin and is part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bastrop” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.