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Volente is a village in Travis County, Texas United States located on the north shore of Lake Travis. A post office was first established at Volente in 1886, with Andrew J. Stanford as postmaster [3] but was not incorporated until 2003. [4] The population was 561 at the 2020 census. [5]
Webberville is a village in Travis County, Texas United States. Its population was 394 as of the 2020 census. [3] Comprising settlements dating back to 1827, Webber's Prairie was formally established by retired physician John Ferdinand Webber in 1839. Webber's Prairie was renamed Webberville in 1853, and was incorporated as a Village in ...
Travis County is located in Central Texas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,290,188.It is the fifth-most populous county in Texas.Its county seat and most populous city is Austin, [1] the state's capital.
Mount Bonnell / b ə ˈ n ɛ l /, also known as Covert Park, is a prominent point alongside the Lake Austin portion of the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. It has been a popular tourist destination since the 1850s. [1] [2] The mount provides a vista for viewing the city of Austin, Lake Austin, and the surrounding hills. [3]
By 1990, the population had grown to 327. A wastewater system was constructed in the early 1990s with a grant from the Texas Water Development Board. In 1998, Sunset Valley entered into an inter-local agreement with the city of Austin to provide firefighting services. [6]
Lake Walter E. Long (also known as Decker Lake) [1] is a reservoir on Decker Creek in Austin, Texas. It was officially impounded in 1967 and provides cooling water for a power plant that produces electricity from petroleum-based fuels. The dam and the lake are managed by the City of Austin.
McKinney Falls State Park is a state park in Austin, Texas, United States at the confluence of Onion Creek and Williamson Creek. It is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department . The park opened on April 15, 1976 and is named after Thomas F. McKinney , a businessman, race horse breeder and rancher , who owned and lived on the land ...
Barton Creek is a tributary that feeds the Colorado River as it flows through the Texas Hill Country.The creek passes through some of the more scenic areas in Greater Austin, surrounded in many parts by a greenbelt of protected lands that serves as a habitat for many indigenous species of flora and fauna. [2]