More About Paige Texas

Near the Lee County line in the northeast corner of Bastrop County, there is a small “barb” of Paige. The altitude is about. 535 & the weather is all year round. The school system is Bastrop ISD, depending on where your child lives, you may attend Lost Pines Elementary School, Bastrop Middle School, or Bastrop High School. Some beautiful old vintage / historical homes and buildings are still standing or still in use, as Paigeproper is no larger than a total of 18 blocks and is typical of a small Texas town. The area around Page is a mix of rural housing and farms and ranches. Horse enthusiasts are craving for sandy loam soils found in some of the pages, such as Old Potato Road, Old Pin Oak, Antioch and Cardinal Road.

Page was founded in 1872 along the Houston and Texas Central Railways. The old abandoned railway line still remains, runs along the side of Old Highway 20, and is currently not used at all, making it a great section of Rails for Trails. Paige was named after one of the civil engineers working on the railway. Paige had a railway station until 1876 and then moved about 3 miles east to its current location. There is a volunteer fire station established with the Page Community Center in 1982, and Page has had a post office in town since 1874. At that time, the majority of the population was a German heritage, as was much of the Central Texas area. The population of Page varies from year to year. In the late 1880s, the town's population was said to be 500. At that time, Paige Railway Station was a place where livestock such as cattle and pigs were shipped. Local industries included pickle, cream and broom factories. Today, some of the local companies have an old frontier store on Highway 290, offering yarn and textile stores from groceries to meat stalls, small deli / diners and Yanorama.

The page is about. 40 miles outside Austin on highway 290. Bustrop is 14 miles away on Highway 21, with a coffee shop, two grocery stores, box stores such as home depots and loews along the way, a great restaurant with everything you want and need, movies Hall and bowling alley. About half way from Paige to Bastrop on Highway 21 is Bastrop Lake, which offers campsites, swimming beaches, boat rentals, and boat launches on both the North and South Coasts. If you decide to head to Smithville, the town where the movie “Hope Floats” was filmed is less than 13 miles in FM 2104. Just before arriving at Smithville on the west side of the road is Butcher State Park and Lake. If it is the coast you long for, you can reach the bay within just 2 hours from the page. Circle D, Pioneer Pines Farm, Pine Valley, and Pine Tree Cattle Ranch are just a few of the subdivisions that belong to the Paige area that provides country life in the “lost pine” countryside of Bust County. It is full of great ranches and recreational facilities [ideal for hunting] and is regularly on the market.