Lost Creek Community Overview - Upscale Living Near Austin


By: Laurie E. Jasinski

Published: May 22, 2007

Lost Creek is an upscale residential community located about seven miles west of downtown Austin in southwestern Travis County. Named for Lost Creek, a tributary of Barton Creek, the development began in the early 1970s with the purchase of land from W. H. Bullard. The 746-acre subdivision grew during a building boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s with the construction of a sewage treatment plant, golf course, and country club. In 1990 the population was 4,095. That number had increased to 4,729 in 2000.

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Austin American-Statesman, July 19, 1982; Vertical files, Austin History Center, Austin.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Laurie E. Jasinski, “Lost Creek, TX (Travis County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 19, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lost-creek-tx-travis-county.

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May 22, 2007