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The first permanent settlers of European
origin in the area were brought in by the Adelsverein. German settlers established the town of New Braunfels (now
in Comal County) in 1845, and Fredericksburg (now in Gillespie County) in 1846. In 1847 John O. Meusebach, the
leader of the German settlers, negotiated a treaty with the Comanches to permit Germans to live in the area of
the Fisher-Miller Land Grant, which included what is now Llano County.
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Llano County was organized in 1856
after the Texas legislature formed the county from the Bexar District and Gillespie County. Donations of 250 acres
were made for a site for the county seat. By 1858 the population exceeded 1,000, and cattle, hides, and pecans
were being exported. Farming was the chief occupation in the north and ranching in the south. Germans predominated
in the western parts and Anglo-Americans in the other areas. By 1860 the county had eighty-nine farms, encompassing
59,744 acres. The agricultural census that year reported 21,344 cattle and 1,492 sheep in Llano County, and the
corn harvest exceeded 23,500 bushels. The United States census found 1,101 people living in the county that year;
of these, 21 were slaveholders and 54 were slaves.
Cities and Towns
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Buchanan Dam
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Kingsland
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Castell
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Llano
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Horseshoe Bay
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Sunrise Beach Village
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Tow
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