Bateman is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.

The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad arrived in 1887 and with it expectations of growth and future prosperity.

A post office was built in 1900, but closed in 1904, shifting area shipping to Round Rock.

[3] Ranching and a modicum of oil extraction are the town's main economic activities.

[5] Today, the community is served by the Bastrop Independent School District.