Austonio was a city and is an unincorporated area

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 currently in Houston County

Houston County, Texas

Houston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 23,185. Its county seat is Crockett. Houston County is named for Samuel Houston, a president of the Republic of Texas and Governor of Texas...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

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The community, originally named Pearville, had been established before 1900. In 1930 the community sponsored a contest, asking participants to select a new name for the community. Ruth Tucker submitted the name "Austonio," a combination of Austin

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

 and San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...

; the name was chosen as the community's new name. Austonio has an estimated population of about 40.

Education

Most of austonio is within the Lovelady Independent School District

Lovelady Independent School District

Lovelady Independent School District is a public school district based in Lovelady, Texas , located within Houston County.The district has two campuses - Lovelady Junior High/High School and Lovelady Elementary/Middle School ....

. A small portion north/northeast of Farm to Market Road 1280 falls within the Crockett Independent School District

Crockett Independent School District

Crockett Independent School District is a public school district based in Crockett, Texas .In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.-Schools:*Crockett High...

. Austonio had a school until 1964, where their mascot is the owl.

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