Bateman, Texas

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'''Bateman''' is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.<ref name=gnis/> It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.

==History== Bateman was founded in the 1880s and was named after an early settler. The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad arrived in 1887 and with it expectations of growth and future prosperity. A post office was built in 1900, but closed in 1904, shifting area shipping to Round Rock.<ref name="Taylor Trade Publishing">{{cite book |last1=Zelade |first1=Richard |title=Lone Star Travel Guide to Central Texas |date=May 16, 2011 |publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing |isbn=1589796047 |page=144 }}</ref> Bateman had only two businesses, and a population of 50, through the 1930s. By 2009, the population had dwindled to 12.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bateman |url=https://texasalmanac.com/texas-towns/bateman |website=Texas Almanac |accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref> Ranching and a modicum of oil extraction are the town's main economic activities.<ref name="Taylor Trade Publishing"/>

==Geography== The town is located on Farm to Market Road 86, five miles southwest of Red Rock, 18 miles southwest of Bastrop and 45 miles southeast of Austin.<ref name="Texas Escapes">{{cite web | url= http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/Bateman-Texas.htm | title= Bateman, Texas | publisher = Texas Escapes Online Magazine | date= | accessdate = 2022-06-17}}</ref>

==Education== Bateman had a two-room school in the 1930s.<ref name="Handbook">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bateman-tx|title=Bateman, TX|last=Mitchell Marks|first=Paula|date=1994-11-01|website=tshaonline.org}}</ref> Today, the community is served by the Bastrop Independent School District.

==References==

Category:Unincorporated communities in Bastrop County, Texas Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas