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Hays County was organized from the southwestern portion of Travis
County in 1848 and named for Captain John Coffee "Jack" Hays, a
legendary Texas Ranger and one of the best known and respected
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Settlement of the land began a few years earlier when families,
mostly by way of Bastrop County, began to put down roots along Onion
Creek and on the San Marcos and Blanco Rivers. The census of
1850, the first conducted after Texas became a state, found 387
people living in the county. |
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At that time, San Marcos, the county seat, was the only town. The
settlements of Driftwood, Dripping Springs, Kyle, Niederwald, Uhland,
Wimberley, and a few others, since abandoned, came throughout the
next half-century. Hays County prospered following the
Civil War. The arrival of the railroad in 1881, linking Hays County
more closely with the major trade centers of Texas and the nation,
boosted growth even more. |
Cities and towns
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Bear Creek
Buda
Dripping Springs
Hays
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Kyle
Mountain City
San Marcos
Wimberley
Woodcreek
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