{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = String Prairie, Texas |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |image_skyline = Saint Mary Church String Prairie Texas 2024.jpg |imagesize = 250 |image_caption = Saint Mary of the Assumption Church |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Texas#USA |pushpin_label = String Prairie <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Texas |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Bastrop <!-- Government --> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area --> |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information --> |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 505 |coordinates = {{coord|29|53|09|N|97|20|49|W|region:US-TX|display=inline,title}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_codes = 512 & 737 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 1369285<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1369285}}</ref> |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = |}} '''String Prairie''' is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.<ref name=gnis/> According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 125 in 2000. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
==History== Settlement of String Prairie began before the Civil War. A post office was established at String Prairie in 1886 and remained in operation until 1929, with George Zimmerman as the first postmaster. By 1890, the town had a general store, a cotton gin, and a pharmacist. From 1890 to 1914, String Prairie's population rose from 25 to 400. With growth, the community added new businesses, including three blacksmith shops, grocery and drug stores, as well as a millinery establishment.<ref name= "tsha">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell Marks |first1=Paula |title=String Prairie, TX (Bastrop County) |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hns96 |website=Texas State Historical Association |accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref> Then and now, Saint Mary of the Assumption Church has been a hub of social life.<ref name = "deb">String Prairie, Texas, Deb Dahlberg Rowland-Career Realtor in South Central Texas, http://www.debdahlbergrowland.com/2014/07/string-prairie-texas/</ref>
The population declined through the remainder of the decade and by 1930, had returned to only 25 individuals. However, following World War II, it increased to 50, in the late 1940s, and then to 75, in the late 1960s. Over the next 40 years, it grew to 125.<ref name="Texas Escapes">{{cite web |title=String Prairie, Texas |url=http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/String-Prairie-Texas.htm |website=Texas Escapes |accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
==Geography== Located on Texas State Highway 304, the town is {{convert|5|mi|km}} southwest of Rosanky and {{convert|45|mi|km}} southeast of Austin. It is also located {{convert|20|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of Bastrop.<ref name="Texas Escapes"/>
==Education== In 1924, residents built a one-teacher school using funds acquired through a fifty-cent school tax.<ref name="tsha" /> Today, the community is served by the Smithville Independent School District.
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