Cost, Texas

Cost is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States.^[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 62 in 2000.^[2]

Cost is located at 29°26′15″N 97°31′34″W. It is situated along State Highway 97 in central Gonzales County, approximately six miles southwest of Gonzales.^[3]

The first shot beginning the war of the Texas Revolution was fired a mile east of Cost on October 2, 1835.^{[citation needed]}

Cost has a post office, with the zip code of 78614.^[4]

Public education in the community of Cost is provided by the Gonzales Independent School District.

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