Manchaca ( ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Travis County, Texas, United States. It is located southwest of downtown Austin. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census with a population of 1,133. Geography Manchaca is located at (30.135304, -97.836263). The CDP has a total area of , all land. Education Manchaca is within the Austin Independent School District. Residents are zoned to Menchaca Elementary School in the Manchaca community, Paredes Middle School in Austin, and Akins High School in Austin. Menchaca Elementary School was built in 1977. Paredes Middle School opened in January 2000. Akins High School opened in August 2000. Transportation The main roads through Manchaca are: Texas Farm-to-Market Road 1626, running generally west–east; and Texas Farm-to-Market Road 2304, also known as Manchaca Road on the south end where it connects to the community of Manchaca, and Menchaca Road from Frate Barker Road to South Lamar Blvd within Austin city limits. In 2019 the northern portion of road within Austin city limits was changed from Manchaca Road to Menchaca Road, in honor of Texas Revolution army officer Jose Antonio Menchaca, whom advocates theorize the community was named after. The community's name Manchaca remains unchanged; and Twin Creeks Road, running south from FM 1626 from just east of a railroad crossing; and Old San Antonio Road, running south from Austin to Buda just west of Interstate 35. FM 2304/Menchaca Road realigns along Austin's north-northeast—south-southwest axis as it goes into the city limits after crossing Frate Barker Road. FM 1626 connects to Interstate 35 two miles to the east, while it runs west until it reaches Bear Creek, which it winds along and crosses, then heads generally southward until it passes Buda, where it generally curves back eastward until it reaches Interstate 35 once more, just north of Kyle. Twin Creeks Road crosses Bear and Onion Creeks near their confluence just east of the road (from which its name is derived) then curves to run east until it ends at Old San Antonio Road, a branch of the old Camino Real, which runs from Austin west of Interstate 35 and passes Manchaca Springs, an historic spot after which the community is named, just north of the Hays County line and Buda. Government Travis County Emergency Services District 5 provides Manchaca and the surrounding area with fire protection and medical first response out of 1 station.