Utley, Texas

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States

Utley, Texas

Unincorporated community

Utley

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Coordinates: 30°10′55″N 97°25′15″W﻿ / ﻿30.18194°N 97.42083°W﻿ / 30.18194; -97.42083
Country| United States
State| Texas
County| Bastrop
Elevation

| 417 ft (127 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)| 512 & 737
GNIS feature ID| 1379199[1]

Utley (/ˈjuːtli/ YOOT-lee) is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 50 in 2000. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.

## History

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Today, the community is now a put-in-point for canoeists on the Colorado River. The Wilbarger family also named a nearby creek.[2]

## Geography

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Utley is located along Farm to Market Road 969, 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Bastrop, 26 mi (42 km) southeast of Austin, and 13 mi (21 km) south of Elgin in western Bastrop County.[2]

## Education

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Utley had a school for Hispanic students in the 1930s.[3] The west half of Utley today is served by the Elgin Independent School District and the east half by the Bastrop Independent School District.

## In popular culture

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Utley was the filming location for the 1996 film, Michael with John Travolta. The gas station/general store building was used for the scene of the Milk Bottle Motel. There they built several facades for the motel rooms as well as the milk bottle. Episode 509 of the TV series Fear the Walking Dead was also filmed in and around Utley.

## References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Utley, Texas
2. ^ a b "Utley, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
3. ^ Mitchell Marks, Paula. "Utley, TX". tshaonline.org. Retrieved June 20, 2022.

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Municipalities and communities of Bastrop County, Texas, United States

County seat: Bastrop

Cities|

* Bastrop
* Elgin‡
* Mustang Ridge‡
* Smithville

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CDPs|

* Camp Swift
* Cedar Creek
* Circle D-KC Estates
* McDade
* Paige
* Red Rock
* Rosanky
* Wyldwood

Other
communities|

* Alum Creek
* Bateman
* Butler
* Colorado
* Elysium
* Hills Prairie
* Jeddo
* Kovar
* Pettytown‡
* Rockne
* Salem
* Sayersville
* Snailbrook
* String Prairie
* Swiftex
* Upton
* Utley
* Watterson

Ghost towns|

* Flower Hill
* Grassyville
* McDuff
* Oak Hill
* Phelan
* Pin Oak
* Sand

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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