Texas · Census place 4829408
Gholson, Texas
Gholson is a city in McLennan County, Texas with an estimated 1,231 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 752nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,231
- #752 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +3.1%
- +37 people
- Land area
- 8.4 sq mi
- + 0.09 sq mi water
- Density
- 147 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Gholson population, 2020 to 2024
Gholson added 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -1.
Gholson covers 8.36 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 147 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Gholson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gholson is in
All of Gholson's residents live in McLennan County, which had 270,358 residents in 2024. Gholson holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gholson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gholson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76705. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Gholson is
The Census internal point of Gholson is at 31.705600, -97.238000. Austin, the capital, is 103.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lacy-Lakeview, TX (7,262 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waco, TX, 10.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.705600, -97.238000
- DMS
- 31°42'20.16"N 97°14'16.80"W
- UTM
- 14N 666971.8E 3509154.0N
- Geohash
- 9vdu77c6w
- Plus code
- 8634PQ46+6R
Daylight in Gholson
At 31.71° N, Gholson gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gholson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Lacy-Lakeview, 9.4 miles away, with 7,262 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gholson, TX?
1,231 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 37 (3.1%) from 1,194 in July 2020.
What county is Gholson in?
McLennan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gholson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76705.
How far is Gholson from Austin?
103.3 miles (166.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Gholson.
What is the nearest larger city to Gholson?
Lacy-Lakeview, TX, with 7,262 residents, 9.4 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.