Caplen is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
that is part of the
Bolivar Peninsula census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
, in
Galveston County,
Texas
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, United States.
Government and infrastructure
On April 23, 1991, the community, and other areas of Galveston County, received an enhanced
9-1-1 system which routes calls to proper dispatchers and allows dispatchers to automatically view the address of the caller.
Education
Caplen students are zoned to schools in the
High Island Independent School District.
High Island ISD (and therefore Caplen) is assigned to
Galveston College in
Galveston.
Parks and recreation
The Galveston County Department of Parks and Senior Services operates the Lauderdale Boat Ramp in Caplen.
[." ''Galveston County Department of Parks and Senior Services''. Retrieved on November 30, 2008.]
References
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Unincorporated communities in Galveston County, Texas
Greater Houston
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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