CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS

Central Texas South

29° 50' 24" N, 97° 36' 36" W (29.84, -97.61)

Population: 45,883 (2020)
38,066 (2010) 32,194 (2000) 26,392 (1990)

Total area: 547 square miles (1,420 km2)
545 square miles (1,410 km2) land
1.9 square miles (4.9 km2) water

Caldwell County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Travis County (N) Bastrop County (NE) Fayette County (SE) Gonzales County (S) Guadalupe County (SW) Hays County (NW)

Caldwell County History

1936 Centennial Highway Marker>:

CALDWELL COUNTY
A part of DeWitt's Colony 1825 - 1836.
A part of Gonzales County to 1848.
First settlements were on Plum Creek and the San Marcos River.
Created March 6, 1848 Organized August 7, 1848
Named in honor of Mathew Caldwell, "Old Paint"
1798 - 1842
Soldier-Statesman.
Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Commander of the Texas Rangers
Lockhart, the county seat

Caldwell County Courthouse

Caldwell County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Caldwell County Town List

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County Seat - Lockhart

Lockhart County Seat

Lone Oak ghost town

Luling

Polonia ghost town

Uhland

Caldwell County Vintage Maps

From 1907 Texas state map #2090 showing Caldwell County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

From 1920 Texas state map #10749 showing Caldwell County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

From 1940 Texas state map #4335 showing Caldwell County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Caldwell County
1936 Texas Centennial Marker

Caldwell County centennial marker
on SW corner of courthouse grounds
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, 2008

Caldwell County Centennial Marker
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, 2008
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TEXAS TOWN LIST
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