| Tucked up in the north east corner of Bastrop County | | | | the Central Texas area. The population of Paige has |
| almost to the Lee County line is the sleepy little "burb" | | | | fluctuated over the years. In the late 1880's the town |
| of Paige. The elevation is approx. 535', the weather is | | | | was said to have had a population of 500. Back then |
| moderate year round. The school system is Bastrop | | | | the Paige rail station was a shipping point for livestock |
| ISD and depending on where you live kids might attend | | | | such as cattle and hogs. Local industry included a |
| Lost Pines Elementary, Bastrop Middle School or | | | | pickle, creamery, and broom factory. Today some of |
| Bastrop High school. Paige proper is not much bigger | | | | the local businesses include The Old Frontier Store |
| than a total of 18 blocks and as is typical of small | | | | which is on Highway 290 and has a little bit of |
| Texas towns there are still some beautiful old vintage | | | | everything to offer from groceries to a meat counter |
| historic homes and buildings still standing or still in use. | | | | to a small deli/diner, and Yarnorama a yarn and fiber |
| The area surrounding Paige is a mix of rural residential | | | | shop. |
| properties and farm and ranch land. Horse enthusiasts | | | | Paige is approx. 40 miles outside of Austin on Highway |
| covet the sandy loam soil that can be found in parts of | | | | 290. Bastrop is 14 miles away on Highway 21, and has |
| Paige such as out Old Potato Road, or Old Pin Oak, or | | | | just about everything anyone could want or need with |
| Antiock and Cardinal Roads. | | | | coffee shops, two feed stores, box stores such as |
| Paige was established in 1872 along the Houston and | | | | Home Depot and Lowes on the way, great |
| Texas Central Rail. The old abandoned rail line is still | | | | restaurants, a movie house and bowling alley. About |
| there which runs along side parts of Old Highway 20 | | | | half way to Bastrop from Paige on Highway 21 is |
| and would make a great section of "Rails for Trails" as | | | | Lake Bastrop which offers campgrounds, swim |
| it is not in use at all now. Paige was named after one | | | | beaches, boat rental and boat launch on both the north |
| of the civil engineers that worked on the railway. | | | | and south shores. If you decide to head to Smithville, |
| There was a rail station in Paige up until 1876 and then | | | | the town where the movie Hope Floats was filmed is |
| it was moved to its present location approximately 3 | | | | just less than 13 miles on FM 2104. Just before you get |
| miles to the east. There is a volunteer fire department | | | | to Smithville on the west side of the road you will find |
| which was established in 1982 along with the Paige | | | | Buecher State Park and Lake. If it is the coast you |
| Community Center, and Paige has had a Post Office | | | | crave you can get to the Gulf in just under two hours |
| in town since1874. In those days the majority of the | | | | from Paige. |
| population was of German heritage as was much of | | | | |