Camp Swift, TX

Type: General Entry

Published: December 9, 2005

Camp Swift is a rural community located off State Highway 95 about five miles north of Bastrop in north central Bastrop County. Named for Camp Swift, the military training facility, this dispersed residential development began around the mid-1980s and represented the increasing construction in the area of Lake Bastrop. The 1990 census reported a population of 2,681. That number had increased to 4,731 in 2000.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Laurie E. Jasinski, “Camp Swift, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 18, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/camp-swift-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: December 9, 2005

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2022–2023

Texas Almanac 2020-2021


Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place: Camp Swift
Currently Exists: Yes
Place Type: Town
USGS ID: 1867544
Town Fields: Has post office: No

Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to: Bastrop County
Coordinates: Latitude: 30.19077000°

Longitude: -97.29221440°
Population Counts: People Year

2,681 1990

4,731 2000

6,383 2010

7,681 2019

People	Year
2,681	1990
4,731	2000
6,383	2010
7,681	2019

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