Bastrop, Texas is located in Central Texas 30 miles east of Austin. It is the County Seat for Bastrop County. Bastrop is rich in history and natural beauty. The Colorado River runs through both the City and the County of Bastrop. Early in Texas history it was almost the capital of Texas but was beat...
read more about Bastrop, TX Real EstateCEDAR CREEK, TEXAS (Bastrop County). Cedar Creek is beside the creek for which it is named eleven miles west of Bastrop in west central Bastrop County. The area was settled as early as 1832, when Addison Litton was granted a league of blackland prairie on both sides of the creek. He and his wife,...
read more about Cedar Creek, TX Real EstateBLUFF DALE, Texas is on U.S. Highway 377 and the North Paluxy River in northeastern Erath County. It was originally called Bluff Springs by pioneers who settled near by; Bluff Dale became the town name when the post office was established in 1877. In 1889 when the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway...
read more about Dale, TX Real EstateLong recognized for its Sausage and Bricks, Elgin Texas proudly bears the twin titles of the "Sausage Capital of Texas" and the "Brick Capital of the Southwest." But today, Elgin is known for much more than these two industries which have been for decades, and remain today, solid economic...
read more about Elgin, TX Real EstateFlatonia opened on April 8, 1874 on land that the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway acquired from William Alexander Faries (the family name is also spelled Ferris and Farris). The community, originally made up of Anglo American settlers, was named after F. W. Flato. Residents placed...
read more about Flatonia, TX Real Estate"Tie City" or McDade, named for James W. McDade a railroad lawyer from Brenham, with the Houston & Texas Central Railroad. Located in the A. Martinez Survey, Bastrop County, McDade received the first train in 1871. Everyone didn't favor the Iron Horse; a local preacher often met the train and...
read more about McDade, TX Real EstatePAIGE, TEXAS. Paige is on U.S. Highway 290 forty-four miles east of Austin in northeast Bastrop County. The Old San Antonio Road, now State Highway 21, borders the north side. Paige was established at the site of a railroad water tower on the newly built Houston and Texas Central Railway in 1872 and...
read more about Paige, TX Real EstateRED ROCK, TEXAS (Bastrop County). Red Rock, twelve miles southwest of Bastrop in southwestern Bastrop County, is said to have derived its name from a red rock used in building the chimney of first settler James Brewer's house in the early 1850s. During its early days the settlement was apparently...
read more about Red Rock, TX Real EstateROSANKY, TEXAS. Rosanky, on Farm Road 535 eleven miles south of Bastrop in southern Bastrop County, is named for Ed Rosanky, member of a pioneer Prussian family who settled in the area in 1854. The loosely organized community that grew up in the area was first known as Snake Prairie. A Snake Prairie...
read more about Rosanky, TX Real EstateSmithville was established in 1827, when Thomas Gazely settled in the area and operated a store. A community sprang up around the store, and it was named Smithville, in honor of another early resident, William Smith. Gazely's store closed upon his death in 1853. J.P. Jones and Frank Smith opened...
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