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Feb 24, 2024 · In 1860 Lampasas County had a population of 1,028 people, about 15 percent of whom were slaves. The county supported secession 85 to 75 in the election on February 23, 1861. With many of the men gone during the war and no federal troops on the frontier, Indian raids became especially severe during the 1860s.
Lampasas county was created February 1, 1856. The act of the legislature directed that the county seat should be located at "the present town of Burleson," to be thereafter called Lampasas. The organization of a county government occurred March 10, 1856. At that time the county was on the western verge of settlement, a portion of the pioneers ...
The first census of the county, in 1860, recorded a population of 872 residents. The preferred route to Lampasas from the southeastern states, which furnished the majority of settlers, was through New Orleans, to Galveston, and then on to Austin by train. They reached their final destination by stagecoach or wagon.
Lampasas County (/ l æ m ˈ p æ s ə s / lam-PASS-əs) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 21,627. [1] Its county seat is Lampasas. [2] The county is named for the Lampasas River. Lampasas County is part of the Killeen–Temple metropolitan statistical area.
Jul 16, 2021 · The oldest map record of this subdivision in Lampasas is found in Volume T, page 73, of the Lampasas County Deed Records. It was filed on Feb. 12, 1890, and was based on G.W. and Elizabeth Scott’s map dated Feb. 6, 1860. The earlier map may have been destroyed in the courthouse fire of Christmas 1871.
1911 County History. 1914 County History. 1936 County History. Establishment of Our Town - The Early Days. History of Lampasas High School Up to 1915. Frontier Stories. Horrell-Higgins Feud. Fifty Years in Texas - 1885 Moses Hughes Letter. 1859-Public Square and Well.
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1962) was born in Lampasas County and lived most of his life on the home place. He was married to Lois Louise Hendrix (Jan. 8, 1905-Jan. 31, 1984) of Joppa, Texas, in 1937. They were the parents of two children: William A. (b. June 8, 1938) and Jo Ann (b. Mar. 30, 1940). Lige was a carpenter at Fort Hood at one time but he primarily farmed and ...
