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Austin County and Grimes County: Edwin Waller (1800–1881), a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the first mayor of Austin, Texas: 63,553: 514 sq mi (1,331 km 2) Ward County: 475: Monahans: 1887: Tom Green County: Thomas William Ward, a commissioner for the General Land Office of Texas and mayor of Austin, Texas 10,966: 836 sq ...
English: This is a locator map showing Austin County in Texas. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Austin County is a rural, agricultural dominated county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,167. [1] [2] Its seat is Bellville. [3] The county and region was settled primarily by German emigrants in the 1800s. [4] Austin County is included in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land Metropolitan Statistical ...
A new county was also established the following year, of which Austin would be the seat; the county was named Travis County, after William B. Travis. Though the Republic's capital moved briefly back to Houston during the events surrounding the Texas Archive War , by 1845 Austin was again the capital, and it became the capital of the new State ...
Austin, Travis County and Williamson County have been the site of human habitation since at least 9200 BC. The area's earliest known inhabitants lived during the late Pleistocene (Ice Age) and are linked to the Clovis culture around 9200 BC (over 11,200 years ago), based on evidence found throughout the area and documented at the much-studied Gault Site, midway between Georgetown and Fort Cavazos.
Bellville is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Austin County.The city's population was 4,206 at the 2020 census. [4] Bellville is on the eastern edge of the Texas-German belt, and Bellville is known for its German culture and descendants of those Germans still call Bellville home.
City Park Road, leading to the Emma Long Metropolitan Park at Lake Austin, is accessible from RM 2222 just west of Loop 360. After crossing Loop 360, RM 2222 continues southeast 3.6 miles (5.8 km) to Loop 1 (Mopac Boulevard). This section is a winding, scenic four-lane road built into the cliffs over Lake Austin.
Texas's 37th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives was created as a result of the 2020 census. [3] The district is contained predominantly in Travis County with a small portion of southern Williamson County , and consists of the majority of the city of Austin as well as small areas of its suburbs.