Paige was established at the site of a railroad water tower on the newly built Houston and Texas Central Railway in 1872 and was named in honor of Norman Paige, a civil engineer, planned the railway route. This is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas and has a post office established in 1874 with the ZIP code of 78659. Paige is located on U.S. Highway 290 forty-four miles east of Austin in northeast Bastrop County. The Old San Antonio Road, now State Highway 21, borders the north side. By 1886, the town became a large shipping joint for butter, cattle, cordwood, cotton, eggs, hogs, potatoes, and many other items by 1886. Then, the Hou-Tex Oil Company drilled for gas near Paige and connected its well to the Giddings-Bastrop pipeline in 1981. Also, in 1982 a volunteer fire department was established and the Paige Community Center was incorporated. Paige reached a population of 275 in 2000.
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