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BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS

Central Texas South

30° 6' 0" N, 97° 18' 36" W (30.1, -97.31)

Population: 97,216 (2020)
74,171 (2010) 57,733 (2000) 38,263 (1990)

Total area: 896 square miles (2,320 km2)
888 square miles (2,300 km2) land
7.4 square miles (19 km2) water

Bastrop County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Williamson County (N) Lee County (NE) Fayette County (SE) Caldwell County (SW) Travis County (NW)

Bastrop County History

1936 Texas Centennial Marker:

BASTROP COUNTY

A part of Austin's grant in 1821;
Created the municipality of Mina, 1834;
Became the County of Mina in the Republic of Texas, 1836.
Name changed to "Bastrop," December 18, 1837,
in honor of Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop, 1770-1829, land commissioner of Austin's Colony. Member of the Congress of Coahuila and Texas.
Bastrop, the County Seat

Bastrop County Courthouse

Bastrop County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Bastrop County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, forum...

County Seat - Bastrop

Bastrop county seat

Grassyville ghost town

Jeddo ghost town

Hills Prairie

Kovar ghost town

McDade

McDuff ghost town

Oak Hill ghost town

Pin Oak ghost town

Smithville

Young's Settlement ghost town

Bastrop County Vintage Maps

Bastrop County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Bastrop County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Bastrop County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Bastrop County
1936 Texas Centennial Marker

Intersection of Loop 150 and SH 21,
near entrance to Bastrop State Park

Bastrop County 1936 Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2009

Bastrop County 1936 Texas Centennial marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2009
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