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Golinda is a city in Falls and McLennan counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 618 at the 2020 census, up from 559 at the 2010 census.

The McLennan County portion of Golinda is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Golinda city overview:
Name:	Golinda city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Falls County, McLennan County
Elevation:	482 ft (147 m)
Total Area:	4.06 sq mi (10.51 km²)
Land Area:	4.02 sq mi (10.41 km²)
Water Area:	0.04 sq mi (0.10 km²)
Total Population:	618
Population Density:	146.52/sq mi (56.57/km²)
ZIP code:	76655
Area code:	254
FIPS code:	4830092
GNISfeature ID:	1358136

Online Interactive Map

Golinda online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

Golinda was the home of Sank Majors, a Black man who was lynched by a white mob in Waco in 1905. According to a contemporary account in The Houston Post, the people in the mob came from the Golinda area.

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Geography

Golinda is located primarily in northern Falls County at 31°22′39″N 97°4′29″W / 31.37750°N 97.07472°W / 31.37750; -97.07472 (31.377615, –97.074772). The city limits extend north into southern McLennan County.

U.S. Route 77 passes through Golinda, leading north 13 miles (21 km) to Waco and south 38 miles (61 km) to Cameron.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Golinda has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.6 km), of which 0.04 square miles (0.1 km), or 0.97%, is water.