the History and Images of Williamson County Cites, Towns and long lost Communities
a special thanks the the Williamson Museum for letting us post some of these pages
by The Handbook of Texas Online
cities and towns of Williamson County
The exhibit focuses on the communities and towns across the county. Photographs and statistics from towns such as Liberty Hill, Jarrell, Taylor, and Cedar Park depict the people and places of Williamson County’s history. Come to the museum and see the new exhibit.
click on towns for more information
- Bagdad
- Bartlett
- Bald Knob
- Beaukiss
- Behrnville
- Bell community
- Berry's Creek also known as Johnsonville
- Beyersville also known as Dacus or Dacus Crossing
- Burleson Springs also called Hopewell
- Buttercup also known as Doddville and Dodd's Store)
- Cedar Park as known as Brueggerhoff
- Circleville
- Chapman City
- Connell
- Cooke Settlement
- Corn Hill
- Coupland
- Davisville
- Densonville also known as Denson and Denison
- Florence also known as Limp Rag and Brooksville
- Frame Switch
- Friendship also called Old Friendship or Allison
- Gabriel Mills community was known as Mather Mills, Brizendine Mills
- Gano
- Georgetown
- Gower
- Granger
- Gravis
- Grover
- Keliehor Also known as Keelersville, Keliehorville, Keeler, Keelar, Kellar
- Macedonia
- Matthews
- Merrilltown
- Miller Community also know as Jenks Branch
- Monadale / Springtown or Stringtown
- Mozo
- Ratliff
- Rice's Crossing was first named Blue Hill
- Rock House Community
- Rocky Hollow the Indian name for the village before the white settlement was Draco
- Roberton's Colony
- Round Rock
- Rutledge
- San Gabriel River
- Sandoval
- Schwertner
- Seward Junction
- Shiloh ( x 2)
- Siloam
- Small
- South Gabriel was first named Lewiston
- Strickland Grove
- Structure
- Taylor
- Turkey Creek
- The Round Rock
- Theon
- Thorndale (the eastern part of the city is in Milam County)
- Thrall
- Towns' Mill
- Tumlinson Fort
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY FLAG
The stars on the flag surrounding the state of Texas represent the thirty-three viable communities identified by Clara Stearns Scarbrough in her 1973 book, Land of Good Water. In 1970, these communities ranged in population from twenty people in Norman’s Crossing to more than 10,000 residents in Taylor. It is difficult to establish how many communities exist in Williamson County today because the determination of “community” is subjective and without set criteria. However, in Williamson County in 2004, there were eleven towns with populations of over 1,000 people and seven towns with populations above 5,000.
Courtesy of the Williamson County
Commissioner’s Court
a special thanks the Williamson Museum for letting us post this write-up
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Williamson County, Texas by The Handbook of Texas Online
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The Blacklands by The Handbook of Texas Online
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also view Places and Events in Williamson County, Texas by Rebecca Osborne, Ph.D.