Manchaca, Texas
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Manchaca (/ˈmænʃæk/ MAN-shak)[1] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Travis County, Texas, United States. It is located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of downtown Austin. This was a new CDP for the 2020 census with a population of 2,266.[2]
Geography
Manchaca is located at 30°8′7″N 97°50′11″W / 30.13528°N 97.83639°W (30.135304, -97.836263). The CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), all land.[3]
Education
Manchaca is within the Austin Independent School District. Residents are zoned to Menchaca Elementary School in the Manchaca community, Paredes Middle School in Austin, and Akins High School in Austin.[4]
Menchaca Elementary School was built in 1977.[5] Paredes Middle School opened in January 2000.[6] Akins High School opened in August 2000.[7]
Transportation
The main roads through Manchaca are:
- Texas Farm-to-Market Road 1626, running generally west–east; and
- Texas Farm-to-Market Road 2304, also known as Manchaca Road on the south end where it connects to the community of Manchaca, and Menchaca Road from Frate Barker Road to South Lamar Blvd within Austin city limits. In 2019 the northern portion of road within Austin city limits was changed from Manchaca Road to Menchaca Road, in honor of Texas Revolution army officer Jose Antonio Menchaca, whom advocates theorize the community was named after. The community's name Manchaca remains unchanged; and
- Twin Creeks Road, running south from FM 1626 from just east of a railroad crossing; and
- Old San Antonio Road, running south from Austin to Buda just west of Interstate 35.
FM 2304/Menchaca Road realigns along Austin's north-northeast—south-southwest axis as it goes into the city limits after crossing Frate Barker Road. FM 1626 connects to Interstate 35 two miles to the east, while it runs west until it reaches Bear Creek, which it winds along and crosses, then heads generally southward until it passes Buda, where it generally curves back eastward until it reaches Interstate 35 once more, just north of Kyle. Twin Creeks Road crosses Bear and Onion Creeks near their confluence, just east of the road from which its name is derived, then curves to run east until it ends at Old San Antonio Road, a branch of the old Camino Real, which runs from Austin west of Interstate 35 and passes Manchaca Springs, an historic spot after which the community is named, just north of the Hays County line and Buda.
Government
Travis County Emergency Services District 5 provides Manchaca and the surrounding area with fire protection and medical first response out of 1 station. Austin/ Travis County EMS provides the community with ambulance services.[8] The Travis County Sheriff's Office provides police protection. The community is within Travis County Precinct 3.[9]
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History
Early development around Manchaca probably stemmed from the springs in the area. Manchaca Springs are a stopping place along a portion of the Old San Antonio Road and later the Chisholm Trail.
Over time there has been much conjecture as to the origin of the name "Manchaca". One school holds that "Manchaca" is derived from the
The springs are referred to as "Manshack Springs" in a collection of memoirs written by an early Anglo settler describing life in 1840s Texas, Recollections of Early Texas: Memoirs of John Holland Jenkins.
An early owner of Manchaca Springs was Washington D. Miller, a South Carolina native who went on to serve as a
A second post office, located at the present-day site of Manchaca, operated from June 1874 to May 1875. Afterwards area residents received mail in the unincorporated community of
By January 1903, Manchaca's population reached 100 and was home to four businesses: The Blackwell General Store, A. G. Matthews as Blacksmith, R. E. Summerrow General Store, and the Summerrow & Carpenter Cotton Gin. The community had 200 people by the 1960s. In the 1970s the number of residents decreased to 36.[18] Local development increased by the mid-1980s, and accelerated through the early 2000s.[17]
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the
References
- ^ "Manchaca". Texas Tripper. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
- ^ "Boundary Map of Manchaca, Texas". MapTechnica. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ "School Assignment by Residential Address." Austin Independent School District. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.
- ^ "Campus Facts Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine." Menchaca Elementary School. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.
- ^ "Campus Facts Archived 2007-11-15 at the Wayback Machine." Paredes Middle School. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.
- ^ "A Brief Biography of Our Namesake Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine." Akins High School. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.
- ^ Home Page. Manchaca Volunteer Fire Department. Retrieved on November 21, 2008.
- ^ Map of precincts. Travis County, Texas. Retrieved on November 22, 2008.
- ^ "House District 27" Map. "Texas House of Representatives". Accessed March 28, 2011.
- Senate of Texas. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Congressional District 25 Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine." National Atlas of the United States. Retrieved on March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Historical Names of Southeastern Bayous". Acadians in Gray. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ "Menchaca, Jose Antonio [1800-79]". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ Marilyn Dunnahoo McLeod, "Historic Post Office Items Saved by the Manchaca Onion Creek Historical Association"
- ^ "Miller, Washington D. (1814–1866)". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ a b Manchaca, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ Austin History Center: Just Outside Austin, Rural Travis County Communities: Manchac, http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/outside/manchaca.htm, accessed 26 Dec 2009.
- ^ Climate Summary for Manchaca, Texas
External links
- Manchaca Volunteer Fire Department
- Manchaca, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online