Shiner
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city in Lavaca County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Lavaca
- Total
- 2.47 sq mi (6.41 km )
- Land
- 2.47 sq mi (6.39 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 358 ft (109 m)
- Density
- 875.9/sq mi (338.18/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-67640
- Website
- ShinerTexas.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Shiner
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lavaca County
- Population
- 2127
- Area
- 6.268138
- Elevation
- 109
- Official website
- www.shinertx.com
- Image
- Opera House, Shiner, Texas.jpg
- Households
- 798
- Dialing code
- 361
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- postal code
- 77984
- P8168
- M'Sila Province
- water as percent of area
- 0.296
- per capita income
- 31976
- Commons category
- Shiner, Texas
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Shiner is a city in Lavaca County, Texas, United States. The town was named after Henry B. Shiner, who donated 250 acres (1.0 km) for a railroad right-of-way. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,127. Shiner was founded by German and Czech emigrants.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shiner” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.