Austin County, Texas history, cities & towns, courthouse, vintage maps and more. (original) (raw)
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29� 52' 48" N, 96� 16' 48" W (29.88, -96.28)
Population: 30,167 (2020)
28,417(2010) 23,590 (2000) 19,832 (1990)
Total area: 656 square miles (1,700 km2)
647 square miles (1,680 km2) land
9.9 square miles (26 km2) (1.5%) water.
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Austin County History
AUSTIN COUNTY
A part of the grant to Stephen F. Austin in 1821, created a municipality under the Mexican government in 1828, became a county of the Republic of Texas, March 17, 1836.
Named in honor of Stephen Fuller Austin, 1793-1836, pioneer empresario, founder of Anglo-American Texas.
San Felipe de Austin, capital of Austin's colony, 1824-1836, seat of provisional government of Texas, 1835-1836. County seat, 1837-1848, Bellville, since.
Austin County Town List
Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, forum...
County Seat - Bellville
Austin County Vintage Maps
Austin County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Austin County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Austin County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Austin County
1936 Texas Centennial Marker
Junction of SH 36 and SH 159
Bellville
Austin County 1936 Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, September 2010
Austin County Centennial Marker
TE Photo, April 2007
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