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Travis County is in Central Texas, 150 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Austin, is the state capital and county seat.  Congress established Travis County, naming it in honor of William Barret Travis.   An election for county officials was held in February 1840, at which time the population was reported to be 856. The initial boundaries of Travis County included roughly 40,000 square miles. Counties that were later carved from Travis County include Callahan, Coleman, Comal, Gillespie, Hays, Burnet, Brown, Lampasas, Eastland, Runnels, and Taylor.   Sam Houston moved the government of the Republic of Texas from Austin to Houston when Mexican troops invaded San Antonio in March 1842. When he tried to have the government archives removed as well, Austin citizens resisted with the Archives War. The Texas Congress held sessions at Washington-on-the-Brazos from 1842 to 1845, but the convention that drafted the Constitution of 1845qv met in Austin in July 1845, and by October the rest of the government had returned to the capital city. The first legislature of the new state convened in Austin in February 1846.

Cities and Towns Anderson Mill Onion Creek Austin Pflugerville Barton Creek Point Venture Bee Cave Rollingwood Briarcliff San Leanna Creedmoor Shady Hollow Garfield Sunset Valley Hudson Bend The Hills Jollyville Volente Jonestown Webberville Lago Vista Wells Branch Lakeway West Lake Hills Lost Creek Windemere Manor   (a portion of southern Round Rock also extends into northern Travis county) (a portion of Elgin extends into Travis County) Links to other Genealogy Sites - provided by Kay Dunlap Boyd Austin Genealogical Society Austin Genealogical Society City of Austin Sexton Records Save Austin's Cemeteries dedicated to preserving Oakwood Cemetery and other City of Austin cemeteries

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