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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gillespie_County,_TexasGillespie County, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 26,725. [1] The county seat is Fredericksburg. [2] It is located in the heart of the rural Texas Hill Country in Central Texas.

2. www.tshaonline.org › handbook › entriesGillespie County - TSHA

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   Mar 23, 2021 · In 1986 Gillespie County had three weekly newspapers: the Fredericksburg Standard, established in 1888, and Radio Post, established in 1922, and the Harper Herald, also established in 1922. The people of Gillespie County have always been proud of their German heritage and pioneer history.

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   The Gillespie County Historical Society exists to preserve and make accessible the history of Gillespie County. Many of the materials collected by the society come from the county seat of Fredericksburg, which has a deep connection with its German roots.

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   The Gillespie County Historical Society is a historical society founded in 1934 serving Gillespie County, Texas. It operates The Pioneer Museum of Fredericksburg, Texas, intended as "a memorial to celebrate a unique community that was created by early settlers to the Texas Hill Country."

6. researchworks.oclc.org › archivegrid › collectionGillespie County (Texas) Census Records, 1850, 1860

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   Comprised of two bound volumes of Photostats, the Gillespie County (Texas) Census Records, 1850, 1860, document the free inhabitants of Gillespie County, Texas, during the 1850 and 1860 censuses.

7. repositories.lib.utexas.edu › items › 23de2b73-8691A history of Gillespie County, Texas, 1846-1900

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   A history of Gillespie County, Texas, 1846-1900. A history of Gillespie County, Texas, 1846-1900. Simple item page

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   Where is Gillespie County Texas?

   • Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 26,725. The county seat is Fredericksburg. It is located in the heart of the rural Texas Hill Country in Central Texas. Gillespie is named for Robert Addison Gillespie, a soldier in the Mexican–American War.

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   How did Gillespie County get its name?

   • The Legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar and Travis Counties in 1848. They named it after Tennessee transplant Capt. Robert Addison Gillespie, a hero of the 1846 Battle of Monterrey in the Mexican–American War. Fredericksburg became the county seat. Fort Martin Scott was established in 1848 at Barons Creek, a Pedernales tributary.

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   How many newspapers are there in Gillespie County?

   • In 1986 Gillespie County had three weekly newspapers: the Fredericksburg Standard, established in 1888, and Radio Post, established in 1922, and the Harper Herald, also established in 1922. The people of Gillespie County have always been proud of their German heritage and pioneer history.

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   How many whites were in Gillespie County in 1850?

   • In 1850, 913 of the 1,235 Whites in Gillespie County were of foreign extraction, almost all of them German. Because Gillespie County was not well suited to cotton cultivation, slaveholding was never an important part of the local economy. There were only five slaves in Gillespie County in 1850, ninety in 1858, and thirty-three in 1860.

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   How many students were in Gillespie County in 1875?

   • In 1875 there were 1,496 White and 26 Black students in Gillespie County; the county's one organized public school for Blacks was still operating seventy years later. In the 1980s Gillespie County had three school districts with four elementary, one middle, and two high schools. The average daily attendance in 1981–82 was 2,173.

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   What is Gillespie County known for?

   • Gillespie County ranked first in the state in production of peaches (more than two million pounds in 1982), second in turkeys, sixth in hogs, ninth in oats, and tenth in Angora goats and mohair production.

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   Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site is a state park located along the Pedernales River in Gillespie County, Texas, United States west of Johnson City and east of Fredericksburg. The state created the park with donated land to honor Lyndon B. Johnson as a "national and world leader."