Editing Gonzales County, Texas (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1070|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|3.2|sqmi|abbr=on}} (0.3%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 27, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

Directly connected to the {{jct|state=TX|US|183|I|10|SH|130}} corridor, the Gonzales County roads support [[average annual daily traffic]] rated at over 100,000 vehicles by the [[Texas Department of Transportation]]; due to its direct adjacency to [[Greater Austin]] and [[Greater San Antonio]].<ref name="TXDOT1">{{cite web |author1=State of Texas |title=Transportation Planning Maps |url=https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/transportation-planning/maps.html |website=Transportation Planning/Programming |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref>

===River crossings===
Gonzales County and the Texas Department of Transportation provide bridges across the [[Guadalupe River (Texas)|Guadalupe River]] and the [[San Marcos River]].

* North {{jct|state=TX|FM|466|SH|80}} bridge; [[Belmont, Texas|Belmont]], extreme-west Gonzales County
* North {{jct|state=TX|FM|466}} / Gonzales County Road 143 bridge; [[Monthalia, Texas|Monthalia]], west Gonzales County
* North {{jct|state=TX|SH|97|US|183}} bridge; City of [[Gonzales, Texas]]
* East  [[US Route 90 Alternate (Texas)|US 90A]] / {{jct|state=TX|FM|2091}} bridge; San Marcos River, [[Ottine, Texas|Ottine]]

===Major highways===
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* {{jct|state=TX|I|10|US|90}}, [[Belmont, Texas|Belmont]]-[[Ottine, Texas|Ottine]]-[[Waelder, Texas|Waelder]] ([[San Antonio]]—[[Houston]])
* {{jct|state=TX|US|183|SH|80}}, Gonzales-to-[[Greater Austin|Austin]], Belmont-[[Leesville, Texas|Leesville]]-Nixon
* [[Image:US 87.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 87 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 87]], [[Nixon, Texas|Nixon]]-[[Smiley, Texas|Smiley]] to [[Floresville, Texas|Floresville]]
* [[Image:Texas 97.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 97|State Highway 97]], Waelder—City of Gonzales—[[Bebe, Texas|Bebe]]-Leesville
* [[Image:Texas 304.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 304|State Highway 304]], Gonzales-to-[[Bastrop, Texas|Bastrop]]
* [[Image:Alternate plate.svg|20px]]<br>[[Image:US 90.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Texas)|U.S. Highway 90 Alternate]], Belmont—City of Gonzales (I-10 auxiliary)
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====Arteries====
The majority of the county's [[arterial roads]] have had their names removed and replaced by "County Road" numbered designations.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Road Redesignations |journal=Gonzales County Commissioners' Minutes |date=1900s}}</ref> Very few major roads remain properly named on record for Gonzales County, especially outside [[incorporated area]]s, including:

* Capote Road ({{jct|state=TX|FM|466}}), Belmont-Leesville to [[Seguin, Texas|Seguin]]
* Salt Lake Road (CR 266), North Ottine
* Harwood Road (CR 230), North [[Harwood, Texas|Harwood]] to City-of-Gonzales
* Double Live Oak Lane<ref>{{cite web |title=The Live Oak of Double Live Oak Lane |url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm10NCF_The_Live_Oak_of_Double_Live_Oak_Lane_Fayette_County_TX_near_Waelder_TX |access-date=May 17, 2021}}</ref> ({{jct|state=TX|FM|1115}}), North Waelder

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Caldwell County, Texas|Caldwell County]] (north)
* [[Fayette County, Texas|Fayette County]] (northeast)
* [[Lavaca County, Texas|Lavaca County]] (east)
* [[DeWitt County, Texas|Dewitt County]] (south)
* [[Karnes County, Texas|Karnes County]] (southwest)
* [[Wilson County, Texas|Wilson County]] (west)
* [[Guadalupe County, Texas|Guadalupe County]] (northwest)