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There is
archeological evidence that Indians camped in the Blanco County
area as early as a.d. 1150, and ancestors of the Lipan Apaches,
who had migrated from the great Northwest, may have been roaming
the area when the Spanish arrived in the sixteenth century.
By 1836 the Comanches had claimed all lands within
the present boundaries of Blanco County. This hostile tribe made
war on Apaches and white settlers alike, causing them to band
together to fight their common enemy.
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In 1855 settlers in the western
part of what was then Comal County began to agitate for a new
county. As a result, Kerr County was established in 1856. This,
however, did not help the people of northern Comal County. They
continued to petition the legislature, and through the efforts
of members of the Pittsburgh Land Company, Blanco County was
formed on February 12, 1858, from parts of Comal, Hays, Burnet,
and Gillespie counties and named for the Blanco River.
Blanco County is located in the Hill Country of central Texas, west of Austin and north of San Antonio. Two significant
rivers, the Blanco River and the Pedernales River, flow through the county. |