Cat Spring, Texas

Cat Spring is an unincorporated community in southern Austin County, Texas, United States. It lies along FM 949 south of the city of Bellville, the county seat of Austin County.[1] Its elevation is 308 feet (94 m).[2] Although Cat Spring is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78933;[3] the ZCTA for ZIP Code 78933 had a population of 76 at the 2000 census.[4]

Cat Spring
Unincorporated community
Cat Spring
Location within the state of Texas
Cat Spring
Cat Spring (the United States)
Coordinates: 29°50′44″N 96°19′33″W
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyAustin
Elevation
308 ft (94 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
78933
GNIS feature ID1332320

Cat Spring was founded by immigrants from Oldenburg and Westphalia in 1834 and named for a nearby spring where a puma was killed by one of the German immigrants. The community was the location of Texas' first agricultural society, and was the site of a station on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad established in the 1890s. The community began to decline after World War II.[5]

  • St. John Lutheran Church is at 480 Ross Street.
  • Cat Spring Volunteer Fire Department on FM 949.
  • US Post Office is on Front Street, north of the railroad.

References
  1. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, pp. 100-101.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cat Spring, Texas
  3. Zip Code Lookup Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  5. Cat Spring, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-17. Accessed 2008-08-11.


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