Lago Vista, Texas
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| Coordinates: 30°26′59″N 97°59′46″W / 30.44972°N 97.99611°WCoordinates: 30°26′59″N 97°59′46″W / 30.44972°N 97.99611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Travis |
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| • Total | 15.2 sq mi (39.4 km2) |
| • Land | 14.6 sq mi (37.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2) 3.95% |
| Elevation | 774 ft (236 m) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 6,268 |
| • Density | 640/sq mi (250/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 78645 |
| Area code(s) | 512 |
| FIPS code | 48-40264 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1360825 |
| Website | [1] |
Lago Vista is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,041 at the 2010 census.
Lago Vista was incorporated in 1984 with a council-manager system of local government. As of November 17, 2016, Lago Vista City Councilmembers are as follows:
The seven members serve two year terms. The mayor and councilmembers place one, place three and place five are elected in odd years. Councilmembers place two, place four and place six are elected in even years. Lago Vista is represented in Texas House of Representatives by Republican Paul D. Workman. In the State Senate, Lago Vista is represented by Democrat Kirk Watson.
Effective 02/09/2017 Kenneth Reneau became the Interim City Manager; who replaced City Manager Melissa Byrne Vossmer who accepted the City Manager position at Ingleside, TX.
Rusty Allen Airport (RYW) is a municipal airport on the northern edge of the city and is the second airport in Travis County behind Austin–Bergstrom International Airport. Lago Vista has a private single runway airport, which, for the month of September 2005, was the center of operations for relief flights for victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi. Small planes from across the USA, and even Mexico, landed at Lago Vista's Rusty Allen Airport to pick up essential supplies which were directed to outlying communities not initially being served by government agency relief efforts. Lago Vista was the only General Aviation Center (GAC) airport in the country to support such flights.
The United States Postal Service operates the Lago Vista branch through the Leander Post Office.
Lago Vista is located on the north shore of Lake Travis, 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Austin. Farm to Market 1431 (FM 1431) is the main east-west highway for Lago Vista.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.2 square miles (39.4 km2), of which, 14.6 square miles (37.8 km2) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) of it (3.95%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,507 people, 1,944 households, and 1,364 families residing in the city. The population density was 517.3 people per square mile (199.8/km2). There were 2,155 housing units at an average density of 247.4/sq mi (95.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 94.01% White, 0.84% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 2.44% from other races, and 1.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.88% of the population.
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