Gonzales County is a county in Texas, United States, on the edge of the Greater Austin–San Antonio region. It had a population of 19,653 at the 2020 census and covers 1,070 square miles (2,800 km2) centred near 29°27′N 97°29′W.<\/p>\n
Gonzales is the county seat and its postal code is 78629. The county has 4 incorporated cities and roughly 25 unincorporated communities; Texas has no civil townships, so places are organized only as incorporated or unincorporated. The county sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Gonzales County has four incorporated cities and about two dozen smaller unincorporated communities and crossroads settlements. In the table below, “Unincorp.” marks a place with no city government of its own.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzales<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 78629<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nixon<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 78140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Smiley<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 78159<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Waelder<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 78959<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bebe<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Belmont<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brown Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cheapside<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Comanche Crossing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cost<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dewville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dilworth<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dreyer<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Glaze City<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hamon<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Harwood<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hickston<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kokernot<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Leesville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Little New York<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Monthalia<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Newtonville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nickel<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Oak Forest<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ottine<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pilgrim<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saint James<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sample<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sandy Fork<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saturn<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Schoolland<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Slayden<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Smithville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Summerville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Thompsonville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wrightsboro<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Yokum<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Ottine, Leesville, Cost, Belmont, Wrightsboro and Thompsonville are corroborated as historic or present-day communities in the general Gonzales County literature; the smaller crossroads names above (Bebe, Cheapside, Dilworth, Nickel and similar) are carried over from the site’s prior settlement list and could not be independently re-verified this pass — see notes.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nThe smaller unincorporated communities do not have their own post offices and use the ZIP code of the nearest listed town.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nGonzales County sits in the Post Oak Savannah and Blackland Prairie transition zone of south-central Texas, drained by the Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers, which meet inside the county. Water covers only about 0.3% of the county’s total area. The terrain is a mix of rolling prairie, river-bottom farmland and post oak woodland.<\/p>\n |