Place:Bellville, Austin, Texas, United States

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NameBellville
TypeCity
Coordinates29.947°N 96.259°W
Located inAustin, Texas, United States
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Bellville is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Austin County. The city's population was 4,206 at the 2020 census. Bellville is on the eastern edge of the Texas-German belt, and Bellville is known for its German culture and descendants of those Germans still call Bellville home.Bellville was named for Thomas B. Bell, one of Stephen F. Austin's earliest colonists, after he and his brother donated land for the new county seat established by voters in 1846. San Felipe had been the county seat before the war for independence.

State Highway 36 and State Highway 159 intersect at Bellville, as do FM 529, FM 1456, and FM 242.

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