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Austin (/ ˈɔːstɪn / ⓘ AW-stin) [7] is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, [8] it is the 26th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the 11th-most populous city in the United States ...
Following Mexico's Independence from Spain, Anglo-American settlers began to populate Texas and reached present-day Central Texas by the 1830s. The site where Austin is located was surveyed by Edward Burleson in 1838, calling it Waterloo.
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Travis County. Austin is the 11th-largest city in the United States, and the 4th-largest in Texas. Its population in 2020 was 961,855. [6] The University of Texas at Austin is located there.
The metropolitan area contains the City of Austin —the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 10th-largest city in the United States with a population of 974,447 people. [ 5 ] Austin's largest suburbs are Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, San Marcos, Leander, and Pflugerville.
Austin, city, capital of Texas, U.S., and seat (1840) of Travis county. It is located where the Colorado River crosses the Balcones Escarpment in the south-central part of the state, about 80 miles (130 km) northeast of San Antonio.
Timeline of Austin, Texas. Coordinates: 30.25°N 97.75°W. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Austin, Texas, USA.
Downtown Austin is the central business district of Austin, Texas, United States. The area of the district is bound by Lamar Boulevard to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to the north, Interstate 35 to the east, and Lady Bird Lake to the south. [1][2]
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.
The southernmost state capital of the contiguous United States, Austin, is located in the Central Texas region, where the Colorado River crosses the Balcones Escarpment. The city is approximately 74 miles northeast of San Antonio, 146 miles northwest of Houston, and 182 miles south of Dallas.
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and Greater Houston areas are the nation's fourth and fifth-most populous urban regions respectively. Its capital city is Austin. Due to its size and geologic features such as the Balcones Fault, Texas contains diverse landscapes common to both the U.S. Southern and the Southwestern regions. [18]