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Welcome to Cost ...

Cost is located

Cost is located in Gonzales County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cost, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Cost is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cost lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Cost: 830

The ZIP code for Cost: 78614<3>

Communities Also Named Cost ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cost - it's located in Georgia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cost.

Communities near Cost ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cost.

  • Gonzales
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Luling
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Nixon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Nixon is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixon <4>
  • Smiley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Wrightsboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Monthalia ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
  • Oak Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
  • Bebe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Belmont
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hamon is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cost. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cost.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cost. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cost.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cost. See our Newspapers Page for Cost.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cost ...

Looking for more information about Cost? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cost, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cost.

Adding Cost to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cost in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cost was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cost post office opened in 1897.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cost.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Gonzales, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cost - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Cost). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Cost or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/