Burnet County, Texas

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Burnet County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 34,147. The 2008 Census Bureau Estimate was 44,488. Its county seat is Burnet^[1]. Burnet is named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first (provisional) president of the Republic of Texas. The name of the county is pronounced with the emphasis or accent on the first syllable, just as its namesake David Burnet. Burnet County was founded in 1852.

Burnet County is part of the Marble Falls, TX, Micropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Austin-Round Rock-Marble Falls, TX Combined Statistical Area.^[2]

• 1 History Timeline
• 2 Geography
  • 2.1 Major highways
  • 2.2 Adjacent counties
  • 2.3 National protected area
• 3 Demographics
• 4 Communities
• 5 Notable people from Burnet County
• 6 References
• 7 External links

History Timeline

• 4500 B.C. indigenous peoples inhabit the area. Later known tribes in the area include Tonkawa, Lipan Apache and Comanche.^[3]
• 1820's-1830's Stephen F. Austin and Green DeWitt surveying and Indian fighting explorations.^[3]
• 1849 The United States establishes Fort Croghan.^[4]
• 1848 First settlers in the county are Samuel Eli Holland, [Logan Vandeveer]], Peter Kerr, William Harrison Magill, Noah Smithwick, Captain Jesse B. Burnham, R. H. Hall, Adam Rankin "Stovepipe" Johnson and Captain Christian Dorbandt.^[5]
• 1851 Twenty Mormon families under the leadership of Lyman Wight establish a colony at Hamilton Creek, later to be known as Mormon Mills.^[6]
• 1852 Fourth Texas Legislature creates Burnet County from Bell, Travis and Williamson.^[3]
• 1853 First post office is established at Hamilton.^[3]
• 1860 - 235 slaves in Burnet County^[3]

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