Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- McLennan
- Total
- 1.66 sq mi (4.30 km )
- Land
- 1.66 sq mi (4.30 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 650 ft (200 m)
- Density
- 1,797.8/sq mi (694.12/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Area code
- 254 , exchange 826
- Fips code
- 48-77332
- Website
- www .cityofwest .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
City of West, TX
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Encyclopedic overview
West is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,531. It is named after Thomas West, the city's first postmaster. The city is in north-central Texas, about 70 miles (110 km) south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, 20 miles north of Waco, and 120 miles north of Austin.
Despite its name, the city is not in West Texas; area residents sometimes call the community "West comma Texas" to avoid confusion.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.