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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A4%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="هایس بؤلگه‌سی، تکزاس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="هایس بؤلگه‌سی، تکزاس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_K%C5%ABn_(Texas)" title="Hays Kūn (Texas) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hays Kūn (Texas)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0,_%D0%A2%D1%8D%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Хейс (акруга, Тэхас) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Хейс (акруга, Тэхас)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Хейс (окръг, Тексас) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хейс (окръг, Тексас)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_County,_Texas" title="Hays County, Texas – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Hays County, Texas" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_County" title="Hays County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Hays County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_County" title="Hays County – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hays County" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_County,_Texas" title="Hays County, Texas – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Hays County, Texas" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_County,_Texas" title="Hays County, Texas – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Hays County, Texas" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_County" title="Hays County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hays County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haysi_maakond" title="Haysi maakond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Haysi maakond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Hays" title="Condado de Hays – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Hays" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Hays_(Teksaso)" title="Kantono Hays (Teksaso) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Hays (Teksaso)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_konderria_(Texas)" title="Hays konderria (Texas) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Hays konderria (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%8C_%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="شهرستان هیز، تگزاس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان هیز، تگزاس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Hays" title="Comté de Hays – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Hays" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Hays,_Texas" title="Contae Hays, Texas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Hays, Texas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B2_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3)" title="هیز ٚ شأرستان (تگزاس) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="هیز ٚ شأرستان (تگزاس)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%A4%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4%EA%B5%B0_(%ED%85%8D%EC%82%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%A3%BC)" title="헤이스군 (텍사스주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="헤이스군 (텍사스주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%BD_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%8F%D5%A5%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%BD)" title="Հեյս շրջան (Տեխաս) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հեյս շրջան (Տեխաս)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8" title="হাইস কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="হাইস কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Hays" title="Contea di Hays – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Hays" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98)" title="ჰეისის ოლქი (ტეხასი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჰეისის ოლქი (ტეხასი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Comitatus" title="Hays Comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Hays Comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lg mw-list-item"><a href="https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Count,_Texas" title="Hays Count, Texas – Ganda" lang="lg" hreflang="lg" data-title="Hays Count, Texas" data-language-autonym="Luganda" data-language-local-name="Ganda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Luganda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_megye" title="Hays megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hays megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a 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lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Hays" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Hays,_Texas" title="Comitatul Hays, Texas – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Hays, Texas" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Хейс (округ, Техас) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хейс (округ, Техас)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Hays County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hays_courthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hays County Courthouse, built in 1908 using the eclectic style of architecture"><img alt="Hays County Courthouse, built in 1908 using the eclectic style of architecture" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Hays_courthouse.jpg/250px-Hays_courthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Hays_courthouse.jpg/375px-Hays_courthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Hays_courthouse.jpg/500px-Hays_courthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1070" data-file-height="899" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Hays_County_Courthouse" title="Hays County Courthouse">Hays County Courthouse</a>, built in 1908 using the <a href="/wiki/Eclecticism_in_art" title="Eclecticism in art">eclectic</a> style of architecture</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Hays_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Texas"><img alt="Map of Texas highlighting Hays County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Hays_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Hays_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Hays_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Hays_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Hays_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Hays_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="1317" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Texas's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/300px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/450px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/600px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Texas's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Hays_County,_Texas&params=30.06_N_98.03_W_type:city(241067)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">30°04′N</span> <span class="longitude">98°02′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">30.06°N 98.03°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">30.06; -98.03</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/23px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/35px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/45px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1848</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Coffee_Hays" title="John Coffee Hays">John Coffee Hays</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Texas" title="San Marcos, Texas">San Marcos</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">San Marcos</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">680 sq mi (1,800 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">678 sq mi (1,760 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">1.9 sq mi (5 km<sup>2</sup>)  0.3%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">241,067</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">269,103 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">350/sq mi (140/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_21st_congressional_district" title="Texas's 21st congressional district">21st</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_35th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 35th congressional district">35th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hayscountytx.com/">hayscountytx<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hays_County_Annex_Bldg._San_Marcos,_TX_IMG_4114.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hays_County_Annex_Bldg._San_Marcos%2C_TX_IMG_4114.JPG/200px-Hays_County_Annex_Bldg._San_Marcos%2C_TX_IMG_4114.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hays_County_Annex_Bldg._San_Marcos%2C_TX_IMG_4114.JPG/300px-Hays_County_Annex_Bldg._San_Marcos%2C_TX_IMG_4114.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hays_County_Annex_Bldg._San_Marcos%2C_TX_IMG_4114.JPG/400px-Hays_County_Annex_Bldg._San_Marcos%2C_TX_IMG_4114.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Hays County Annex Building across from the courthouse in <a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Texas" title="San Marcos, Texas">San Marcos</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hays_County,_TX,_Veterans_Monument,_San_Marcos_IMG_4122.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hays_County%2C_TX%2C_Veterans_Monument%2C_San_Marcos_IMG_4122.JPG/200px-Hays_County%2C_TX%2C_Veterans_Monument%2C_San_Marcos_IMG_4122.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hays_County%2C_TX%2C_Veterans_Monument%2C_San_Marcos_IMG_4122.JPG/300px-Hays_County%2C_TX%2C_Veterans_Monument%2C_San_Marcos_IMG_4122.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hays_County%2C_TX%2C_Veterans_Monument%2C_San_Marcos_IMG_4122.JPG/400px-Hays_County%2C_TX%2C_Veterans_Monument%2C_San_Marcos_IMG_4122.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Hays County Veterans Monument in San Marcos</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Hays County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">county</a> in the central portion of the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>-<a href="/wiki/Round_Rock,_Texas" title="Round Rock, Texas">Round Rock</a> <a href="/wiki/Austin_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Austin metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, its official population had reached 241,067.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Texas" title="San Marcos, Texas">San Marcos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hays, along with <a href="/wiki/Comal_County,_Texas" title="Comal County, Texas">Comal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Texas" title="Kendall County, Texas">Kendall</a> Counties, was listed in 2017 as one of the nation's fastest-growing counties with a population of at least 10,000. From 2015 to 2016, Hays County, third on the national list, had nearly 10,000 new residents during the year.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county is named for <a href="/wiki/John_Coffee_Hays" title="John Coffee Hays">John Coffee Hays</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Division" title="Texas Ranger Division">Texas Ranger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a> officer who fought the Texas- Comanche wars of the 1800s. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Prose plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-Prose" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>is in <a href="/wiki/MOS:LIST" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:LIST">list</a> format but may read better as <a href="/wiki/MOS:PROSE" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:PROSE">prose</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit">converting this section</a>, if appropriate. <a href="/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing help</a> is available.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2013</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Hays County has been inhabited for thousands of years. Evidence of <a href="/wiki/Paleo-Indians" title="Paleo-Indians">Paleo-Indians</a> found in the region goes as far back as 6000 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-Hays_County,_Texas_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hays_County,_Texas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archeological evidence of native agriculture goes back to 1200 AD. </p><p>The earliest Europeans to arrive in the area were explorers and missionaries from the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish Empire</a>. Father <a href="/wiki/Isidro_F%C3%A9lix_de_Espinosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Isidro Félix de Espinosa">Isidro Félix de Espinosa</a>, Father <a href="/wiki/Antonio_de_San_Buenaventura_y_Olivares" class="mw-redirect" title="Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares">Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pedro_de_Aguirre" title="Pedro de Aguirre">Pedro de Aguirre</a> traveled through the area in 1709.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few years later, <a href="/wiki/French-Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="French-Canadian">French-Canadian</a> <a href="/wiki/Louis_Juchereau_de_St._Denis" title="Louis Juchereau de St. Denis">Louis Juchereau de St. Denis</a> was attacked by <a href="/wiki/Comanches" class="mw-redirect" title="Comanches">Comanches</a> in 1714.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More permanent European influence was established in 1755, when the Mission San Francisco Xavier de los Dolores was established among the <a href="/wiki/Apache" title="Apache">Apache</a> tribe.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on a self-published source. (February 2020)">self-published source?</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1831, <a href="/wiki/Coahuila_y_Tejas" title="Coahuila y Tejas">Coahuila y Tejas</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> issued a land grant to <a href="/wiki/Juan_Mart%C3%ADn_de_Veramendi" title="Juan Martín de Veramendi">Juan Martín de Veramendi</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Juan Vicente Campos in 1832,<sup id="cite_ref-Hays_County,_Texas_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hays_County,_Texas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to Thomas Jefferson Chambers in 1834.<sup id="cite_ref-Hays_County,_Texas_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hays_County,_Texas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mexican government issued a land grant to the first Anglo-American settler in the county, Thomas G. McGhee of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, in 1835.<sup id="cite_ref-Hays_County,_Texas_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hays_County,_Texas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 1, 1848, the legislature formed Hays County from <a href="/wiki/Travis_County,_Texas" title="Travis County, Texas">Travis County</a>. The county is named for Tennessee native Captain John Coffee Hays<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Division" title="Texas Ranger Division">Texas Rangers</a>. <a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Texas" title="San Marcos, Texas">San Marcos</a> was named as the county seat.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legislature established <a href="/wiki/Blanco_County,_Texas" title="Blanco County, Texas">Blanco</a> from part of Hays in 1858, but incorporated part of <a href="/wiki/Comal_County,_Texas" title="Comal County, Texas">Comal</a> into Hays. Risher and Hall Stage Lines controlled 16 of 31 passenger and mail lines in Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-Hays_County,_Texas_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hays_County,_Texas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1861, voters in the county favored <a href="/wiki/Texas_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Texas in the American Civil War">secession</a> from the Union.<sup id="cite_ref-Hays_County,_Texas_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hays_County,_Texas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, the state legislature transferred more of Comal County to Hays County.<sup id="cite_ref-Hays_County,_Texas_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hays_County,_Texas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1867, the first cattle drive from Hays County to <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> occurred.<sup id="cite_ref-Hays_County,_Texas_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hays_County,_Texas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/International-Great_Northern_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="International-Great Northern Railroad">International-Great Northern Railroad</a> was completed from Austin to San Marcos in 1880.<sup id="cite_ref-Hays_County,_Texas_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hays_County,_Texas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Camp <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_McCulloch" title="Benjamin McCulloch">Ben McCulloch</a>, named after a brigadier general, was organized in 1896 for reunions of <a href="/wiki/United_Confederate_Veterans" title="United Confederate Veterans">United Confederate Veterans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A teacher's college, <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_University" title="Texas State University">Southwest Texas State Normal School</a>, was established in San Marcos in 1899.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wonder_Cave_(San_Marcos,_Texas)" title="Wonder Cave (San Marcos, Texas)">Wonder Cave</a> opened to the public in 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current Hays County Courthouse in San Marcos was erected in 1908 in Beaux-Arts style by architect C.H. Page and Bros.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Aquarena_Springs" class="mw-redirect" title="Aquarena Springs">Aquarena Springs</a> tourist site opened in 1928 in San Marcos.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Baines_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon Baines Johnson">Lyndon Baines Johnson</a> graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1942, construction of <a href="/wiki/San_Marcos_Municipal_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="San Marcos Municipal Airport">San Marcos Army Air Field</a> began.<sup id="cite_ref-Gary_Air_Force_Base_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gary_Air_Force_Base-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> San Marcos Army Air Field was renamed Gary Air Force Base in 1953 to honor Second Lieutenant Arthur Edward Gary, the first San Marcos resident killed in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gary_Air_Force_Base_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gary_Air_Force_Base-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state legislature resurveyed the Hays and Travis County lines, adding 16,000 acres (65 km<sup>2</sup>) to Hays County, in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Hays_County,_Texas_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hays_County,_Texas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson announced the establishment of a <a href="/wiki/Job_Corps" title="Job Corps">Job Corps</a> center based at the deactivated Gary Air Force Base.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has an area of 680 sq mi (1,800 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km<sup>2</sup>) (0.3%) are covered by water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county is predominantly in the <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Plateau" title="Edwards Plateau">Edwards Plateau</a>, with the southeast portion in the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Blackland_Prairies" title="Texas Blackland Prairies">Texas Blackland Prairies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Travis_County,_Texas" title="Travis County, Texas">Travis County</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Texas" title="Caldwell County, Texas">Caldwell County</a> (east)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_County,_Texas" title="Guadalupe County, Texas">Guadalupe County</a> (southwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comal_County,_Texas" title="Comal County, Texas">Comal County</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanco_County,_Texas" title="Blanco County, Texas">Blanco County</a> (northwest)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-35_(TX).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-35_%28TX%29.svg/20px-I-35_%28TX%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-35_%28TX%29.svg/30px-I-35_%28TX%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/I-35_%28TX%29.svg/40px-I-35_%28TX%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_35_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 35 (Texas)">Interstate 35</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_290.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/US_290.svg/25px-US_290.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/US_290.svg/38px-US_290.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/US_290.svg/50px-US_290.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_290_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 290 (Texas)">U.S. Highway 290</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_21.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Texas_21.svg/20px-Texas_21.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Texas_21.svg/30px-Texas_21.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Texas_21.svg/40px-Texas_21.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_21" title="Texas State Highway 21">State Highway 21</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_80.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Texas_80.svg/20px-Texas_80.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Texas_80.svg/30px-Texas_80.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Texas_80.svg/40px-Texas_80.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_80" title="Texas State Highway 80">State Highway 80</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airport">Airport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/San_Marcos_Regional_Airport" title="San Marcos Regional Airport">San Marcos Regional Airport</a> - general aviation airport without commercial flights</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>School districts in Hays County include:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blanco_Independent_School_District" title="Blanco Independent School District">Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comal_Independent_School_District" title="Comal Independent School District">Comal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dripping_Springs_Independent_School_District" title="Dripping Springs Independent School District">Dripping Springs Independent</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hays_Consolidated_Independent_School_District" title="Hays Consolidated Independent School District">Hays Consolidated Independent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Independent_School_District" title="Johnson City Independent School District">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marcos_Consolidated_Independent_School_District" title="San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District">San Marcos Consolidated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimberley_Independent_School_District" title="Wimberley Independent School District">Wimberley Independent</a></li></ul> <p>As of 2020, the county has six high schools, 10 middle schools, and 24 elementary schools.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Higher education in Hays County includes one four-year institution, <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_University" title="Texas State University">Texas State University</a>, in San Marcos. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Austin_Community_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Austin Community College">Austin Community College</a> is the designated community college for the whole county.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It operates three distance-learning centers that offer basic and early college start classes, along with testing centers for online classes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span 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black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>387</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>2,126</td><td></td><td>449.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>4,088</td><td></td><td>92.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>7,555</td><td></td><td>84.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>11,352</td><td></td><td>50.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>14,142</td><td></td><td>24.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>15,518</td><td></td><td>9.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>15,920</td><td></td><td>2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>14,915</td><td></td><td>−6.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>15,349</td><td></td><td>2.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>17,840</td><td></td><td>16.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>19,934</td><td></td><td>11.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>27,642</td><td></td><td>38.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>40,594</td><td></td><td>46.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>65,614</td><td></td><td>61.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>97,589</td><td></td><td>48.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>157,127</td><td></td><td>61.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>241,067</td><td></td><td>53.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">280,486</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>16.4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Hays County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>62,945 </td> <td>92,062 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">121,568 </td> <td>64.50% </td> <td>58.60% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">50.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>3,448 </td> <td>4,970 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">9,004 </td> <td>3.53% </td> <td>3.16% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3.74% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>368 </td> <td>502 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">599 </td> <td>0.38% </td> <td>0.32% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>740 </td> <td>1,699 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4,822 </td> <td>0.76% </td> <td>1.08% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>47 </td> <td>104 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">144 </td> <td>0.05% </td> <td>0.07% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>138 </td> <td>226 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1,009 </td> <td>0.14% </td> <td>0.14% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>1,044 </td> <td>2,143 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">11,050 </td> <td>1.07% </td> <td>1.36% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>28,859 </td> <td>55,401 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">92,871 </td> <td>29.57% </td> <td>35.26% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">38.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>97,589</b> </td> <td><b>157,107</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>241,067</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the 2015 Texas population estimate program, the county's population was 193,963: <a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_Whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic Whites">non-Hispanic Whites</a>, 106,919 (55.1%); <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">non-Hispanic Blacks</a>, 5,860 (3.0%); other non-Hispanics, 6,624 (3.4%); and <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanics and Latinos</a> (of any race), 74,560 (38.4%).<sup id="cite_ref-Texas_Demographic_Center_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_Demographic_Center-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR8_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, 97,589 people, 51,265 households, and 22,150 families resided in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 144 people per square mile (56 people/km<sup>2</sup>). The 55,643 housing units averaged 53 units per square mile (20/km<sup>2</sup>). The <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">racial makeup</a> of the county was 78.92% White, 3.68% Black or African American, 0.69%Native American, 0.79% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 13.36% from other races, and 2.49% from two or more races. About 29.57% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. </p><p>Of the 33,410 households, 34.0% had children under 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were not families; 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.69, and the average family size was 3.21. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Williams_Institute_on_Sexual_Orientation_and_Gender_Identity_Law_and_Public_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy">Williams Institute</a> analysis of <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 census data</a> found about 7.4 <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_relationship" title="Same-sex relationship">same-sex couples</a> per 1,000 households in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-newyorktimes_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newyorktimes-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county's population was distributed as 24.5% under 18, 20.5% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.7% who were 65 or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.30 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 99.50 males. </p><p>The county's median household income was $45,006 and the median family income was $56,287. Males had a median income of $35,209 versus $27,334 for females. The county's <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> was $19,931. About 6.40% of families and 14.30% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 10.30% of those under age 18 and 9.70% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hays County currently leans towards the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> in federal elections. The county was strongly Democratic-leaning before the 1970s, then (like some other suburban counties in the state) began trending towards the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> in the 1970s. </p><p>The county began trending Democratic again in the late 2010s and early 2020s. It has backed Democrats in most statewide races since 2018, including for President (in 2020 and 2024), despite Democrats losing all statewide races in Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> became the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry Hays County despite losing the presidential election since 1968. </p><p>Until 2020, when <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> won the county with 54.4% of the vote, the last Democrat to carry Hays County in a presidential election was <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, with a plurality of 39.8% of the vote in 1992. The last Democrat to win a majority of the vote in the county before 2020 was <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a>, with 54.4% in 1976. <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Bentsen" title="Lloyd Bentsen">Lloyd Bentsen</a> had been the last Democratic Senate candidate to carry the county, winning 69.2% of the vote in 1988, until 2018, when <a href="/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke" title="Beto O'Rourke">Beto O'Rourke</a> carried the county with 57.1% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-uselectionatlas.org_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uselectionatlas.org-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Hays County, Texas<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2024 United States presidential election in Texas">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">58,438 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.44% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">65,528 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.08%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,861 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2020 United States presidential election in Texas">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47,680 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.59% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">59,524 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.41%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,191 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2016 United States presidential election in Texas">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33,826 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46.87%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33,224 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.04% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,114 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2012 United States presidential election in Texas">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31,661 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.65%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25,537 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.27% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,813 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2008 United States presidential election in Texas">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29,638 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.19%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28,431 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.15% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">983 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.66% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2004 United States presidential election in Texas">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27,021 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.50%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20,110 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.05% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">692 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2000 United States presidential election in Texas">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20,170 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.78%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,387 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.18% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,760 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1996 United States presidential election in Texas">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,865 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>47.93%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,580 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.14% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,395 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1992 United States presidential election in Texas">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,008 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.70% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,842 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>39.76%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,417 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">23.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1988 United States presidential election in Texas">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,716 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.36%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,187 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.09% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">361 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1984 United States presidential election in Texas">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,467 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.98%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,663 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.73% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">57 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1980 United States presidential election in Texas">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,517 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.04%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,013 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.25% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">759 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1976 United States presidential election in Texas">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,714 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.38% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,005 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.41%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">156 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1972 United States presidential election in Texas">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,406 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.79%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,068 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.74% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">45 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1968 United States presidential election in Texas">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,993 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.23% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,546 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.35%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">644 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1964 United States presidential election in Texas">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,279 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.26% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,780 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.64%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1960 United States presidential election in Texas">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,606 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.46% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,916 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.39%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1956 United States presidential election in Texas">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,873 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.98% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,017 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.66%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1952 United States presidential election in Texas">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,135 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.74%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,070 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.19% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1948 United States presidential election in Texas">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">555 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.58% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,239 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.96%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">193 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1944 United States presidential election in Texas">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">495 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20.39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,690 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.60%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">243 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1940 United States presidential election in Texas">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">453 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16.02% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,371 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>83.84%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1936 United States presidential election in Texas">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">286 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.66% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,964 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>86.94%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1932 United States presidential election in Texas">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">220 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10.73% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,822 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>88.88%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1928 United States presidential election in Texas">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,088 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.70%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">620 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.30% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1924 United States presidential election in Texas">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">394 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,616 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>77.36%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">79 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1920 United States presidential election in Texas">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">242 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14.61% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,075 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.92%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">339 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1916 United States presidential election in Texas">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">123 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">995 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>87.82%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1912 United States presidential election in Texas">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">60 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5.63% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">939 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>88.17%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">66 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.20% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Ann_Richards" title="Ann Richards">Ann Richards</a> in 1990 was the last Democratic gubernatorial candidate to win the county, when she took 56.6% of the vote that year, until <a href="/wiki/2018_Texas_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Texas gubernatorial election">2018</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Lupe_Valdez" title="Lupe Valdez">Lupe Valdez</a> won with a 49.6% plurality.<sup id="cite_ref-uselectionatlas.org_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uselectionatlas.org-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2022 elections, Democrats won all but one race in Hays County; They flipped several countywide seats previously held by Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-kxan.com_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kxan.com-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Democratic voters mostly reside along the I-35 Corridor and communities East. Communities West of the I-35 Corridor lean Republican. San Marcos, home of <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_University" title="Texas State University">Texas State University</a>, and the city of Kyle generally vote Democratic. Driftwood, Dripping Springs, Wimberley, and Woodcreek generally vote Republican. Elections within the county are often decided by margins in Bear Creek, Belterra, Buda, and the county's northcentral border along Travis County.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_government">County government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: County government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="County_Judge_and_Comissioners">County Judge and Comissioners</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: County Judge and Comissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;">Position </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;">Name </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>County Judge </td> <td>Ruben Becerra </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>Commissioner, Precinct 1 </td> <td>Debbie Ingalsbe </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>Commissioner, Precinct 2 </td> <td>Michelle Cohen </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>Commissioner, Precinct 3 </td> <td>Lon Shell </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>Commissioner, Precinct 4 </td> <td>Walt Smith </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="County_Officials">County Officials</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: County Officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Position</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Name</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Party</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>Criminal District Attorney </td> <td>Kelly Higgins </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>District Clerk </td> <td>Avery Anderson </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>County Clerk </td> <td>Elaine Cárdenas </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>Sheriff </td> <td>Gary Cutler </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>Tax Assessor-Collector </td> <td>Jenifer O’Kane </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>Treasurer </td> <td>Daphne Sanchez Tenorio </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities_(multiple_counties)"><span id="Cities_.28multiple_counties.29"></span>Cities (multiple counties)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Cities (multiple counties)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a> (primarily in <a href="/wiki/Travis_County,_Texas" title="Travis County, Texas">Travis County</a> and a small part in <a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Texas" title="Williamson County, Texas">Williamson County</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niederwald,_Texas" title="Niederwald, Texas">Niederwald</a> (partly in <a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Texas" title="Caldwell County, Texas">Caldwell County</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Texas" title="San Marcos, Texas">San Marcos</a> (county seat) (small parts in <a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Texas" title="Caldwell County, Texas">Caldwell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_County,_Texas" title="Guadalupe County, Texas">Guadalupe</a> counties)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uhland,_Texas" title="Uhland, Texas">Uhland</a> (partly in <a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Texas" title="Caldwell County, Texas">Caldwell County</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buda,_Texas" title="Buda, Texas">Buda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dripping_Springs,_Texas" title="Dripping Springs, Texas">Dripping Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hays,_Texas" title="Hays, Texas">Hays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle,_Texas" title="Kyle, Texas">Kyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_City,_Texas" title="Mountain City, Texas">Mountain City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimberley,_Texas" title="Wimberley, Texas">Wimberley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodcreek,_Texas" title="Woodcreek, Texas">Woodcreek</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Village">Village</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hays_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Village"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Creek,_Texas" title="Bear Creek, Texas">Bear Creek</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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County, Texas</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Park,_Texas" title="Cedar Park, Texas">Cedar Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Texas" title="Georgetown, Texas">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pflugerville,_Texas" title="Pflugerville, Texas">Pflugerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_Rock,_Texas" title="Round Rock, Texas">Round Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Texas" title="San Marcos, Texas">San Marcos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />communities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bastrop,_Texas" title="Bastrop, Texas">Bastrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buda,_Texas" title="Buda, Texas">Buda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnet,_Texas" title="Burnet, Texas">Burnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin,_Texas" title="Elgin, Texas">Elgin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson_Bend,_Texas" title="Hudson Bend, Texas">Hudson Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutto,_Texas" title="Hutto, Texas">Hutto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jollyville,_Texas" title="Jollyville, Texas">Jollyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle,_Texas" title="Kyle, Texas">Kyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lago_Vista,_Texas" title="Lago Vista, Texas">Lago Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander,_Texas" title="Leander, Texas">Leander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeway,_Texas" title="Lakeway, Texas">Lakeway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockhart,_Texas" title="Lockhart, Texas">Lockhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_Creek,_Texas" title="Lost Creek, Texas">Lost Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luling,_Texas" title="Luling, Texas">Luling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manor,_Texas" title="Manor, Texas">Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble_Falls,_Texas" title="Marble Falls, Texas">Marble Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor,_Texas" title="Taylor, Texas">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithville,_Texas" title="Smithville, Texas">Smithville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wells_Branch,_Texas" title="Wells Branch, Texas">Wells Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Lake_Hills,_Texas" title="West Lake Hills, Texas">West Lake Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimberley,_Texas" title="Wimberley, Texas">Wimberley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windemere,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Windemere, Texas">Windemere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyldwood,_Texas" title="Wyldwood, Texas">Wyldwood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Counties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">MSA/CSA</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bastrop_County,_Texas" title="Bastrop County, Texas">Bastrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnet_County,_Texas" title="Burnet County, Texas">Burnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Texas" title="Caldwell County, Texas">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_County,_Texas" title="Travis County, Texas">Travis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Texas" title="Williamson County, Texas">Williamson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Outlying</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blanco_County,_Texas" title="Blanco County, Texas">Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleson_County,_Texas" title="Burleson County, Texas">Burleson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_County,_Texas" title="Colorado County, Texas">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Texas" title="Fayette County, Texas">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillespie_County,_Texas" title="Gillespie County, Texas">Gillespie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Texas" title="Lee County, Texas">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_County,_Texas" title="Llano County, Texas">Llano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milam_County,_Texas" title="Milam County, Texas">Milam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Texas" title="Washington County, Texas">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks and<br />preserves</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balcones_Canyonlands_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge">Balcones Canyonlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastrop_State_Park" title="Bastrop State Park">Bastrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Long_Metropolitan_Park" title="Emma Long Metropolitan Park">Emma Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enchanted_Rock" title="Enchanted Rock">Enchanted Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippie_Hollow_Park" title="Hippie Hollow Park">Hippie Hollow</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiangrass_Wildlife_Sanctuary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary (page does not exist)">Indiangrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longhorn_Cavern_State_Park" title="Longhorn Cavern State Park">Longhorn Cavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKinney_Falls_State_Park" title="McKinney Falls State Park">McKinney Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Bonnell" title="Mount Bonnell">Mount Bonnell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Onion_Creek_Wildlife_Sanctuary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Onion Creek Wildlife Sanctuary (page does not exist)">Onion Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedernales_Falls_State_Park" title="Pedernales Falls State Park">Pedernales Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_J._Stokes_San_Marcos_River_State_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John J. Stokes San Marcos River State Park (page does not exist)">John Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Basin_Wilderness_Preserve" title="Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve">Wild Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zilker_Park" title="Zilker Park">Zilker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Chalk" title="Austin Chalk">Austin Chalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balcones_Fault" title="Balcones Fault">Balcones Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Aquifer" title="Edwards Aquifer">Edwards Aquifer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Plateau" title="Edwards Plateau">Edwards Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Highland_Lakes" title="Texas Highland Lakes">Highland Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country" title="Texas Hill Country">Hill Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_Uplift" title="Llano Uplift">Llano Uplift</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bodies of<br />water</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barton_Creek" title="Barton Creek">Barton Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barton_Springs" title="Barton Springs">Barton Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_River_(Texas)" title="Colorado River (Texas)">Colorado River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granger_Lake" title="Granger Lake">Granger Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Bird_Lake" title="Lady Bird Lake">Lady Bird Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Austin" title="Lake Austin">Lake Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Georgetown" title="Lake Georgetown">Lake Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Marble_Falls" title="Lake Marble Falls">Lake Marble Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Travis" title="Lake Travis">Lake Travis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Walter_E._Long" title="Lake Walter E. Long">Lake Walter E. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedernales_River" title="Pedernales River">Pedernales River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Gabriel_River_(Texas)" title="San Gabriel River (Texas)">San Gabriel River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marcos_River" title="San Marcos River">San Marcos River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Area_Rural_Transportation_System" title="Capital Area Rural Transportation System">Capital Area Rural Transportation System</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Counties_of_Texas" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Texas_counties" title="Template:Texas counties"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Texas_counties" title="Template talk:Texas counties"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Texas_counties" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Texas counties"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Counties_of_Texas" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas" title="List of counties in Texas">Counties of Texas</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Texas" title="Anderson County, Texas">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrews_County,_Texas" title="Andrews County, Texas">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angelina_County,_Texas" title="Angelina County, Texas">Angelina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aransas_County,_Texas" title="Aransas County, Texas">Aransas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archer_County,_Texas" title="Archer County, Texas">Archer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_County,_Texas" title="Armstrong County, Texas">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atascosa_County,_Texas" title="Atascosa County, Texas">Atascosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_County,_Texas" title="Austin County, Texas">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_County,_Texas" title="Bailey County, Texas">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandera_County,_Texas" title="Bandera County, Texas">Bandera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastrop_County,_Texas" title="Bastrop County, Texas">Bastrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baylor_County,_Texas" title="Baylor County, Texas">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bee_County,_Texas" title="Bee County, Texas">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_County,_Texas" title="Bell County, Texas">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexar_County,_Texas" title="Bexar County, Texas">Bexar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanco_County,_Texas" title="Blanco County, Texas">Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borden_County,_Texas" title="Borden County, Texas">Borden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosque_County,_Texas" title="Bosque County, Texas">Bosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowie_County,_Texas" title="Bowie County, Texas">Bowie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County,_Texas" title="Brazoria County, Texas">Brazoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazos_County,_Texas" title="Brazos County, Texas">Brazos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_County,_Texas" title="Brewster County, Texas">Brewster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briscoe_County,_Texas" title="Briscoe County, Texas">Briscoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_County,_Texas" title="Brooks County, Texas">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Texas" title="Brown County, Texas">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleson_County,_Texas" title="Burleson County, Texas">Burleson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnet_County,_Texas" title="Burnet County, Texas">Burnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Texas" title="Caldwell County, Texas">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Texas" title="Calhoun County, Texas">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callahan_County,_Texas" title="Callahan County, Texas">Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_County,_Texas" title="Cameron County, Texas">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_County,_Texas" title="Camp County, Texas">Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carson_County,_Texas" title="Carson County, Texas">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Texas" title="Cass County, Texas">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castro_County,_Texas" title="Castro County, Texas">Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambers_County,_Texas" title="Chambers County, Texas">Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Texas" title="Cherokee County, Texas">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Childress_County,_Texas" title="Childress County, Texas">Childress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Texas" title="Clay County, Texas">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochran_County,_Texas" title="Cochran County, Texas">Cochran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coke_County,_Texas" title="Coke County, Texas">Coke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleman_County,_Texas" title="Coleman County, Texas">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collin_County,_Texas" title="Collin County, Texas">Collin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collingsworth_County,_Texas" title="Collingsworth County, Texas">Collingsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_County,_Texas" title="Colorado County, Texas">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comal_County,_Texas" title="Comal County, Texas">Comal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comanche_County,_Texas" title="Comanche County, Texas">Comanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concho_County,_Texas" title="Concho County, Texas">Concho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooke_County,_Texas" title="Cooke County, Texas">Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coryell_County,_Texas" title="Coryell County, Texas">Coryell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottle_County,_Texas" title="Cottle County, Texas">Cottle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crane_County,_Texas" title="Crane County, Texas">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett_County,_Texas" title="Crockett County, Texas">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosby_County,_Texas" title="Crosby County, Texas">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culberson_County,_Texas" title="Culberson County, Texas">Culberson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallam_County,_Texas" title="Dallam County, Texas">Dallam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_County,_Texas" title="Dallas County, Texas">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawson_County,_Texas" title="Dawson County, Texas">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deaf_Smith_County,_Texas" title="Deaf Smith County, Texas">Deaf Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Texas" title="Delta County, Texas">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton_County,_Texas" title="Denton County, Texas">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Texas" title="DeWitt County, Texas">DeWitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickens_County,_Texas" title="Dickens County, Texas">Dickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimmit_County,_Texas" title="Dimmit County, Texas">Dimmit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donley_County,_Texas" title="Donley County, Texas">Donley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duval_County,_Texas" title="Duval County, Texas">Duval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastland_County,_Texas" title="Eastland County, Texas">Eastland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Texas" title="Edwards County, Texas">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Texas" title="El Paso County, Texas">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellis_County,_Texas" title="Ellis County, Texas">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erath_County,_Texas" title="Erath County, Texas">Erath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_County,_Texas" title="Falls County, Texas">Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannin_County,_Texas" title="Fannin County, Texas">Fannin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Texas" title="Fayette County, Texas">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_County,_Texas" title="Fisher County, Texas">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Texas" title="Floyd County, Texas">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foard_County,_Texas" title="Foard County, Texas">Foard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas">Fort Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Texas" title="Franklin County, Texas">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestone_County,_Texas" title="Freestone County, Texas">Freestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frio_County,_Texas" title="Frio County, Texas">Frio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaines_County,_Texas" title="Gaines County, Texas">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston_County,_Texas" title="Galveston County, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garza_County,_Texas" title="Garza County, Texas">Garza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillespie_County,_Texas" title="Gillespie County, Texas">Gillespie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasscock_County,_Texas" title="Glasscock County, Texas">Glasscock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goliad_County,_Texas" title="Goliad County, Texas">Goliad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonzales_County,_Texas" title="Gonzales County, Texas">Gonzales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_County,_Texas" title="Gray County, Texas">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Texas" title="Grayson County, Texas">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_County,_Texas" title="Gregg County, Texas">Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimes_County,_Texas" title="Grimes County, Texas">Grimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_County,_Texas" title="Guadalupe County, Texas">Guadalupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale_County,_Texas" title="Hale County, Texas">Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_County,_Texas" title="Hall County, Texas">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Texas" title="Hamilton County, Texas">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansford_County,_Texas" title="Hansford County, Texas">Hansford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardeman_County,_Texas" title="Hardeman County, Texas">Hardeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Texas" title="Hardin County, Texas">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_Texas" title="Harrison County, Texas">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartley_County,_Texas" title="Hartley County, Texas">Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskell_County,_Texas" title="Haskell County, Texas">Haskell</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemphill_County,_Texas" title="Hemphill County, Texas">Hemphill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Texas" title="Henderson County, Texas">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidalgo_County,_Texas" title="Hidalgo County, Texas">Hidalgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_County,_Texas" title="Hill County, Texas">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hockley_County,_Texas" title="Hockley County, Texas">Hockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hood_County,_Texas" title="Hood County, Texas">Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkins_County,_Texas" title="Hopkins County, Texas">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Texas" title="Houston County, Texas">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Texas" title="Howard County, Texas">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudspeth_County,_Texas" title="Hudspeth County, Texas">Hudspeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_County,_Texas" title="Hunt County, Texas">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_County,_Texas" title="Hutchinson County, Texas">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irion_County,_Texas" title="Irion County, Texas">Irion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_County,_Texas" title="Jack County, Texas">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Texas" title="Jackson County, Texas">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_Texas" title="Jasper County, Texas">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Davis_County,_Texas" title="Jeff Davis County, Texas">Jeff Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Texas" title="Jefferson County, Texas">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hogg_County,_Texas" title="Jim Hogg County, Texas">Jim Hogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wells_County,_Texas" title="Jim Wells County, Texas">Jim Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Texas" title="Johnson County, Texas">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_Texas" title="Jones County, Texas">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnes_County,_Texas" title="Karnes County, Texas">Karnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaufman_County,_Texas" title="Kaufman County, Texas">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Texas" title="Kendall County, Texas">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenedy_County,_Texas" title="Kenedy County, Texas">Kenedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Texas" title="Kent County, Texas">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerr_County,_Texas" title="Kerr County, Texas">Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimble_County,_Texas" title="Kimble County, Texas">Kimble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_County,_Texas" title="King County, Texas">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinney_County,_Texas" title="Kinney County, Texas">Kinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kleberg_County,_Texas" title="Kleberg County, Texas">Kleberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Texas" title="Knox County, Texas">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_County,_Texas" title="La Salle County, Texas">La Salle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Texas" title="Lamar County, Texas">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb_County,_Texas" title="Lamb County, Texas">Lamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampasas_County,_Texas" title="Lampasas County, Texas">Lampasas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavaca_County,_Texas" title="Lavaca County, Texas">Lavaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Texas" title="Lee County, Texas">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_County,_Texas" title="Leon County, Texas">Leon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Texas" title="Liberty County, Texas">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone_County,_Texas" title="Limestone County, Texas">Limestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipscomb_County,_Texas" title="Lipscomb County, Texas">Lipscomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_Oak_County,_Texas" title="Live Oak County, Texas">Live Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_County,_Texas" title="Llano County, Texas">Llano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loving_County,_Texas" title="Loving County, Texas">Loving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock_County,_Texas" title="Lubbock County, Texas">Lubbock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_County,_Texas" title="Lynn County, Texas">Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Texas" title="Madison County, Texas">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Texas" title="Marion County, Texas">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Texas" title="Martin County, Texas">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Texas" title="Mason County, Texas">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matagorda_County,_Texas" title="Matagorda County, Texas">Matagorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maverick_County,_Texas" title="Maverick County, Texas">Maverick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCulloch_County,_Texas" title="McCulloch County, Texas">McCulloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLennan_County,_Texas" title="McLennan County, Texas">McLennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMullen_County,_Texas" title="McMullen County, Texas">McMullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medina_County,_Texas" title="Medina County, Texas">Medina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Texas" title="Menard County, Texas">Menard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milam_County,_Texas" title="Milam County, Texas">Milam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mills_County,_Texas" title="Mills County, Texas">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Texas" title="Mitchell County, Texas">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague_County,_Texas" title="Montague County, Texas">Montague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_Texas" title="Moore County, Texas">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_Texas" title="Morris County, Texas">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motley_County,_Texas" title="Motley County, Texas">Motley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nacogdoches_County,_Texas" title="Nacogdoches County, Texas">Nacogdoches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navarro_County,_Texas" title="Navarro County, Texas">Navarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_County,_Texas" title="Newton County, Texas">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_County,_Texas" title="Nolan County, Texas">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nueces_County,_Texas" title="Nueces County, Texas">Nueces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ochiltree_County,_Texas" title="Ochiltree County, Texas">Ochiltree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_County,_Texas" title="Oldham County, Texas">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Texas" title="Orange County, Texas">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palo_Pinto_County,_Texas" title="Palo Pinto County, Texas">Palo Pinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panola_County,_Texas" title="Panola County, Texas">Panola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_County,_Texas" title="Parker County, Texas">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parmer_County,_Texas" title="Parmer County, Texas">Parmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos_County,_Texas" title="Pecos County, Texas">Pecos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Texas" title="Polk County, Texas">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potter_County,_Texas" title="Potter County, Texas">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidio_County,_Texas" title="Presidio County, Texas">Presidio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rains_County,_Texas" title="Rains County, Texas">Rains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_County,_Texas" title="Randall County, Texas">Randall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reagan_County,_Texas" title="Reagan County, Texas">Reagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_County,_Texas" title="Real County, Texas">Real</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_County,_Texas" title="Red River County, Texas">Red River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reeves_County,_Texas" title="Reeves County, Texas">Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refugio_County,_Texas" title="Refugio County, Texas">Refugio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberts_County,_Texas" title="Roberts County, Texas">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_County,_Texas" title="Robertson County, Texas">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwall_County,_Texas" title="Rockwall County, Texas">Rockwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runnels_County,_Texas" title="Runnels County, Texas">Runnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusk_County,_Texas" title="Rusk County, Texas">Rusk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabine_County,_Texas" title="Sabine County, Texas">Sabine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Augustine_County,_Texas" title="San Augustine County, Texas">San Augustine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_County,_Texas" title="San Jacinto County, Texas">San Jacinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Patricio_County,_Texas" title="San Patricio County, Texas">San Patricio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Saba_County,_Texas" title="San Saba County, Texas">San Saba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schleicher_County,_Texas" title="Schleicher County, Texas">Schleicher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scurry_County,_Texas" title="Scurry County, Texas">Scurry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shackelford_County,_Texas" title="Shackelford County, Texas">Shackelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Texas" title="Shelby County, Texas">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_County,_Texas" title="Sherman County, Texas">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_County,_Texas" title="Smith County, Texas">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somervell_County,_Texas" title="Somervell County, Texas">Somervell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starr_County,_Texas" title="Starr County, Texas">Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephens_County,_Texas" title="Stephens County, Texas">Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_County,_Texas" title="Sterling County, Texas">Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_County,_Texas" title="Stonewall County, Texas">Stonewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_County,_Texas" title="Sutton County, Texas">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swisher_County,_Texas" title="Swisher County, Texas">Swisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarrant_County,_Texas" title="Tarrant County, Texas">Tarrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_Texas" title="Taylor County, Texas">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_County,_Texas" title="Terrell County, Texas">Terrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_County,_Texas" title="Terry County, Texas">Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throckmorton_County,_Texas" title="Throckmorton County, Texas">Throckmorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus_County,_Texas" title="Titus County, Texas">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Green_County,_Texas" title="Tom Green County, Texas">Tom Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_County,_Texas" title="Travis County, Texas">Travis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_Texas" title="Trinity County, Texas">Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_Texas" title="Tyler County, Texas">Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upshur_County,_Texas" title="Upshur County, Texas">Upshur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upton_County,_Texas" title="Upton County, Texas">Upton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uvalde_County,_Texas" title="Uvalde County, Texas">Uvalde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Verde_County,_Texas" title="Val Verde County, Texas">Val Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Zandt_County,_Texas" title="Van Zandt County, Texas">Van Zandt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_County,_Texas" title="Victoria County, Texas">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_County,_Texas" title="Walker County, Texas">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waller_County,_Texas" title="Waller County, Texas">Waller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_County,_Texas" title="Ward County, Texas">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Texas" title="Washington County, Texas">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webb_County,_Texas" title="Webb County, Texas">Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wharton_County,_Texas" title="Wharton County, Texas">Wharton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheeler_County,_Texas" title="Wheeler County, Texas">Wheeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wichita_County,_Texas" title="Wichita County, Texas">Wichita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilbarger_County,_Texas" title="Wilbarger County, Texas">Wilbarger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willacy_County,_Texas" title="Willacy County, Texas">Willacy</a></li> <li><a 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attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Texas" title="Transportation in Texas">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Texas" title="Abortion in Texas">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Texas" title="Culture of Texas">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Texas" title="Crime in Texas">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Texas" title="Demographics of Texas">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Texas" title="Economy of Texas">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Texas" title="Education in Texas">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_Texas" title="Gambling in Texas">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Texas" title="Gun laws in Texas">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a 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title="Brazos Valley">Brazos Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Texas" title="Central Texas">Central Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Coastal_Bend" title="Texas Coastal Bend">Coastal Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concho_Valley" title="Concho Valley">Concho Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Timbers" title="Cross Timbers">Cross Timbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Texas" title="East Texas">East Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Plateau" title="Edwards Plateau">Edwards Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Triangle (Texas)">Golden Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country" title="Texas Hill Country">Hill Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado">Llano Estacado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Texas" title="Northeast Texas">Northeast Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Texas" title="North Texas">North Texas</a></li> <li><a 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