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Mason
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city in and county seat of Mason County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Mason
- Established
- May 20th 1861
- Type
- Mayor/council
- Total
- 3.69 sq mi (9.55 km )
- Land
- 3.65 sq mi (9.46 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
- Elevation
- 1,529 ft (466 m)
- Density
- 581/sq mi (224/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-46968
- Website
- mason .tx .citygovt .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Mason
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mason County
- Population
- 2121
- Area
- 9.546345
- Elevation
- 469
- Capital of
- Mason County
- Official website
- www.mason.tx.citygovt.org
- Image
- Mason County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 817
- Dialing code
- 325
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- postal code
- 76856
- Commons category
- Mason, Texas
- inception
- 1861-05-20
- P8168
- June 2010
- water as percent of area
- 0.8897
- per capita income
- 26342
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mason is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Texas, United States. The city is an agricultural community on Comanche Creek southwest of Mason Mountain, on the Edwards Plateau and part of the Llano Uplift. Its population was 2,121 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mason” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.