Travis County is located on the Edwards Plateau The Edwards Plateau is a region of west-central Texas which is bounded by the Balcones Fault to the south and east, the Llano Uplift and the Llano Estacado to the north, and the Pecos River and Chihuahuan Desert to the west. San Angelo, Austin, San Antonio and Del Rio roughly outline the area in the U.S. state A U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of commonwealth rather than state. State citizenship is of Texas Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States, while San Antonio is the second largest in the state and seventh largest in the United States. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and sixth largest United States metropolitan areas, respectively. Other major cities include El Paso and Austin—the. It is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area Greater Austin, also known as the Austin Area or the Capital Area, is a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Texas. It is centered around the city of Austin in the central part of the state straddling the Balcones Escarpment and the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country. The area is sometimes called Central Texas or South-Central Texas, though. In the year 2009 2009 was a common year that started on a Thursday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 2009th year of the Common Era or of Anno Domini; the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 10th and last of the 2000s decade, the population was 1,026,158; the county has gained more than 400,000 residents since 1990. Its county seat A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there. Parts of the Canadian Maritimes also use the term shire town. In England, Wales and Ireland, the term is Austin Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 15th-largest in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006. According to the 2008 U.S. Census,[1] the capital of Texas. The county is named in honor of William Barret Travis, the commander of the Republic of Texas The Republic of Texas was an independent state in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846 forces at the Battle of the Alamo The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas). All but two of the Texian defenders were killed. Santa Anna's perceived cruelty.

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History Timeline

1st - Slavery is abolished in the republic.

2nd - Consequently, those who have been until now considered slaves are free.
3rd - When the circumstances of the treasury may permit, the owners of the slaves will be indemnified in the mode that the laws may provide. And in order that every part of this decree may be fully complied with, let it be printed, published, and circulated.
Given at the Federal Palace of Mexico, the 15th of September, 1829.
Vicente Guerrero To José María Bocanegra
March 2 - Texas Declaration of Independence The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and formally signed the following day after errors were noted in the text from Mexico establishes the Republic of Texas The Republic of Texas was an independent state in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846.
March 6 - The Alamo The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas). All but two of the Texian defenders were killed. Santa Anna's perceived cruelty falls.
April 21–22 - Battle of San Jacinto The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texas Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican forces in a fight that lasted just eighteen minutes. About 700 of the Mexican soldiers were killed, Antonio López de Santa Anna Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, was a Mexican political leader, general and President who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government. He first fought against the independence from Spain, and then supported it. He rose to the captured.
May 14 - Santa Anna signs the Treaties of Velasco The Treaties of Velasco were two documents signed at Velasco, Texas, on May 14, 1836 between Antonio López de Santa Anna of Mexico and the Republic of Texas, in the aftermath of the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836). The signatories were Interim President David G. Burnet for Texas and General Santa Anna for Mexico. The Treaties were intended,.
December 27 - Stephen F. Austin dies at the age of 43.[7]
Congress of the Republic of Texas The Congress of the Republic of Texas was the national legislature of the Republic of Texas established by the Constitution of the Republic of Texas in 1836. It was a bicameral legislature based on the model of the United States Congress. It was transformed into the Texas Legislature upon annexation of Texas by the United States in 1846 chooses Waterloo as the site of the new capital, renames it Austin Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 15th-largest in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006. According to the 2008 U.S. Census in honor of Stephen F. Austin.
Congress establishes Travis County, naming it in honor of William B. Travis William Barret Travis was a 19th century American lawyer and soldier. At the age of 26, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Texian Army, and commanded the Republic of Texas forces. He died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution from the Republic of Mexico. Austin is the county seat.
Sam Houston Samuel Houston was a 19th century American statesman, politician, and soldier. Born in Timber Ridge, just north of Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, Houston was a key figure in the history of Texas, including periods as the first and third President of the Republic of Texas, Senator for Texas after it joined the moves the government of the Republic of Texas The Republic of Texas was an independent state in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846 from Austin to Houston Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Texas. As of the 2009 U.S. Census estimate, the city had a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles (1,600 km2). Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area—the when Mexican troops invaded San Antonio San Antonio is the second-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventh-largest city in the United States with a population of 1.3 million. The city is the seat of Bexar County. Located in the American Southwest and the northern part of South Texas, San Antonio is the center of Tejano culture and Texas tourism.[citation needed] The city is.
The Texas Archives War erupts when Houston tries to also move the archives.
October, Texas government returns to Austin.
December 29 - Texas Annexation The Texas Annexation of 1845 was the voluntary annexation of the Republic of Texas to the United States of America as the twenty-eighth state. It quickly led to the Mexican War in which the U.S. captured further territory west to the Pacific Ocean. Texas claimed but never controlled parts of present-day Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and by the United States
Travis County votes against secession The state of Texas declared its secession from the United States on February 1, 1861, and joined the Confederate States of America on March 2, 1861, replacing its governor, Sam Houston, when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. During the subsequent American Civil War, Texas was most useful for supplying soldiers for from the Union..
February 1 - Texas secedes The Ordinance of Secession was the document drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by the states officially seceding from the United States of America. Each state ratified its own ordinance of secession, typically by means of a specially elected convention or general referendum from the Union.
March 2 - Texas joins the Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America was the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S. The CSA's de facto control over its claimed territory varied during the course of the American Civil War, depending on the success of its military in battle.
April 9 – Robert E. Lee Robert Edward Lee was a career United States Army officer and combat engineer. He became the commanding general of the Confederate army in the American Civil War and a postwar icon of the South's "lost cause." formally surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses Simpson Grant born Hiram Ulysses Grant was the 18th President of the United States (1869–77) as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under the command of Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America. His image as a war hero was at the Appomattox Court House.
April 15 – President Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country dies of a head wound inflicted by assassin John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century Booth theatrical family from Maryland and, by the 1860s, was a well known actor. He was also a Confederate sympathizer vehement in his denunciation of.
June 19 – Major General Gordon Granger Gordon Granger was a career U.S. army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Chickamauga arrives in Galveston Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2005 U.S. Census estimate, the city had a total population of 57,466 within an area of 208 square miles (540 km2). Located within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, the city is the seat and second-largest city of Galveston County in to enforce the emancipation of all slaves. It is the first time African Americans in Texas know of the Emancipation. The date becomes celebrated annually in Texas as Juneteenth, and later as an official state holiday known as Emancipation Day.[9]
December 6 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits slavery.
February 1 - Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart over Texas during re-entry.
September 11, Memorial to 9-11 World Trade Center victims is dedicated at the Texas State Cemetery.[10]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,022 square miles (2,647 km²). 989 square miles (2,562 km²) are land and 33 square miles (85 km²) (3.21%) are water.

Major highways

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1900 47,386
1910 55,620 17.4%
1920 57,616 3.6%
1930 77,777 35.0%
1940 111,053 42.8%
1950 160,980 45.0%
1960 212,136 31.8%
1970 295,516 39.3%
1980 419,573 42.0%
1990 576,407 37.4%
2000 812,280 40.9%

As of 2009, the U.S. census estimates there were 1,026,158 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 821 people per square mile (317/km²). There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile (131/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 68.21% White, 9.26% Black or African American, 0.58% Native American, 4.47% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 14.56% other races, and 2.85% from two or more races. 28.20% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 12.0% were of German, 7.7% English, 6.6% Irish and 5.5% American ancestry according to Census 2000. English is the sole language spoken at home by 71.42% of the population age 5 or over, while 22.35% speak Spanish, and a Chinese language (including Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Cantonese) is spoken by 1.05% [1].

Travis County Justice Complex Ned Granger Administration Building in Austin A county complex at 1010 Lavaca Street Health and Human Services and Veterans Services

The 2005 American Community Survey conducted by the census indicated that 25.1% of Travis County's population spoke Spanish in the home.[citation needed] In 2000 there were 320,766 households, of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.60% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.70% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were composed of individuals and 4.40% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.15.

The population's age distribution was 23.80% under the age of 18, 14.70% from 18 to 24, 36.50% from 25 to 44, 18.20% from 45 to 64, and 6.70% age 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 104.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.50 males.

The median income per household in the county was $46,761, and the median income per family was $58,555. Males had a median income of $37,298 versus $30,452 for females. The per capita income in the county was $25,883. About 7.70% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.90% of those under age 18 and 7.60% of those age 65 or over.

Travis County, along with other Texas counties, has one of the nation's highest property tax rates. In 2007, the county was ranked 37th in the nation for property taxes as percentage of the homes value on owner occupied housing. The list only includes counties with a population over 65,000 for accuracy[11]. Travis County also ranked in the top 100 for amount of property taxes paid and for percentage of taxes of income. Part of this is due to the complex Robin Hood plan school financing law that exists in Texas.[12]

Communities

Cities, towns, and villages

Herman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse in Austin

(a growing portion of southern Round Rock also extends into northern Travis county) (a growing portion of Elgin extends into Travis County)

Census-designated places

Unincorporated areas

Culture

Austin Zoo

The Austin Zoo is located at 10807 Rawhide Trail in an unincorporated area.[13] The Texas chainsaw massacre prequels are set in travis county, Texas.

Corrections

The Travis County Jail and the Travis County Criminal Justice Center are located in Downtown Austin.[14][15] The Travis County Correctional Complex is located in an unincorporated area in Travis County, next to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.[16]

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates the Travis County Unit, a state jail for men, in eastern Austin.[17]

References

  1. ^ . National Association of Counties. . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ Handbook of Texas, Travis County
  3. ^ The Six National Flags of Texas
  4. ^ Texas Historical Markers, Barton Springs
  5. ^ The Magnificent Life of Vicente Ramon Guerrero
  6. ^ TAMU Chieftans of Mexican Independence
  7. ^ Texas State Cemetery, Stephen Fuller Austin
  8. ^ Government documents, Emancipation Proclamation
  9. ^ Cinnamon Hearts Juneteenth
  10. ^ Texas Escapes, 9-11 Memorial
  11. ^ http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/1888.html
  12. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E5DB173BF934A35753C1A9629C8B63
  13. ^ "Contact Us." Austin Zoo. Retrieved on February 1, 2009.
  14. ^ "Travis County Jail (TCJ)." Travis County Sheriff's Office. Accessed September 14, 2008.
  15. ^ "Criminal Justice Center (CJC)." Travis County Sheriff's Office. Accessed September 14, 2008.
  16. ^ "Travis County Correctional Complex (TCCC)." Travis County Sheriff's Office. Accessed September 14, 2008.
  17. ^ "Travis County (TI)." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Accessed September 14, 2008.

External links

Austin portal
Burnet County Williamson County
Blanco County Bastrop County
Travis County, Texas
Hays County Caldwell County
Municipalities and communities of Travis County, Texas
County seat: Austin
Cities

Austin‡ | Bee Cave | Cedar Park‡ | Creedmoor | Elgin‡ | Jonestown | Lago Vista | Lakeway | Leander‡ | Manor | Mustang Ridge‡ | Pflugerville‡ | Rollingwood | Round Rock‡ | Sunset Valley | West Lake Hills

Villages

Briarcliff | Point Venture | San Leanna | The Hills | Volente | Webberville

CDPs

Barton Creek | Garfield | Hudson Bend | Jollyville‡ | Lost Creek | Shady Hollow | Wells Branch | Windemere

Unincorporated communities

Bluff Springs | Cele | Del Valle | Elroy | Kimbro | Lund | Manchaca | Marshall Ford | McNeil | New Sweden | Pilot Knob

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Greater Austin
Largest cities Austin · Cedar Park · Georgetown · Pflugerville · Round Rock · San Marcos
Other communities Bastrop · Buda · Burnet · Elgin · Hudson Bend · Hutto · Jollyville · Kyle · Lago Vista · Leander · Lakeway · Lockhart · Lost Creek · Luling · Marble Falls · Taylor · Smithville · Wells Branch · West Lake Hills · Wimberley · Windemere · Wyldwood
Counties MSA/CSA: Bastrop · Burnet · Caldwell · Hays · Travis · Williamson Outlying: Blanco · Burleson · Colorado · Fayette · Gillespie · Hays · Lee · Llano · Milam · Washington
Parks and preserves Balcones Canyonlands · Bastrop · Emma Long · Enchanted Rock · Hippie Hollow · Indiangrass · McKinney Falls · Mount Bonnell · Onion Creek · Pedernales Falls · John Stokes · Wild Basin · Zilker
Geography Balcones Fault · Edwards Aquifer · Edwards Plateau · Highland Lakes · Hill Country · Llano Uplift
Bodies of water Barton Creek · Barton Springs · Colorado River · Granger Lake · Lady Bird Lake · Lake Austin · Lake Georgetown · Lake Marble Falls · Lake Travis · Lake Walter E. Long · Pedernales River · San Gabriel River · San Marcos River
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Coordinates: 30°20′N 97°47′W / 30.33°N 97.78°W

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