Place:Gillespie, Texas, United States

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NameGillespie
Alt namesGillespiesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates30.317°N 98.95°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1848 - )
See alsoLlano, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Mason, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
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Census-designated place
Harper
Stonewall
Inhabited place
Albert
Blumenthal
Cain City
Cherry Mountain
Cherry Spring
Crabapple
Doss
Eckert
Fredericksburg
Gold
Grapetown
Hilltop
Luckenbach
Rocky Hill
Tivydale
Willow City
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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

On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County. In 1848, the legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar and Travis Counties. While the signers were overwhelmingly German immigrants, names also on the petition were Castillo, Pena, Munos, and a handful of non-German Anglo names.

Gillespie County comprises the Fredericksburg, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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Date Event Source
1840 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1849 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 1,240
1860 2,736
1870 3,566
1880 5,228
1890 7,056
1900 8,229
1910 9,447
1920 10,015
1930 11,020
1940 10,670
1950 10,520
1960 10,048
1970 10,553
1980 13,532
1990 17,204
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