Burnet County, Texas

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Veterans Memorial at Burnet County courthouse
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Rolling highway in Burnet County in Texas Hill Country toward Longhorn Cavern State Park

Burnet County (Script error: No such module "IPAc-en". Script error: No such module "Respell".) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 49,130.[1][2] Its county seat is Burnet.[3] The 2025 county population estimate was 57,015. The county was founded in 1852 and later organized in 1854.[4] It is named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first (provisional) president of the Republic of Texas. The name of the county is pronounced with the emphasis or accent on the first syllable, just as is the case with its namesake.

History

Indigenous peoples inhabited the area as early as 4500 BC. Later known tribes in the area include Tonkawa, Lipan Apache, and Comanche.[5]

During the 1820s-1830s, Stephen F. Austin and Green DeWitt conducted surveying and Indian-fighting explorations.[5] In 1849, the United States established Fort Croghan,[6] and in 1848, the first settlers arrived in the county, Samuel Eli Holland, Logan Vandeveer, Peter Kerr, William Harrison Magill, Noah Smithwick, Captain Jesse B. Burnham, R. H. Hall, Adam Rankin "Stovepipe" Johnson, and Captain Christian Dorbandt.[7] In 1851, 20 Mormon families under the leadership of Lyman Wight establish a colony at Hamilton Creek, later to be known as Morman Mill.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1852, the Fourth Texas Legislature created Burnet County from Bell, Travis, and Williamson Counties.[5] The first post office was established at Hamilton in 1853.[5]

In 1860, 235 slaves were in Burnet County.[5] After the war, some former slaves left the county, but many stayed. A group of them settled on land in the eastern part of Oatmeal. In 1870, the black population of the county had increased to 358, keeping pace with the growth of the total number of residents; the number of blacks had fallen to 248 by 1880, however, and the number of new white residents was such that after 1890, blacks represented less than 3% of the total population. Some found work on farms and ranches, but by the turn of the century, many had moved into the Marble Falls area to work in town.

During 1882–1903, railroad tracks connected Burnet, Granite Mountain, Marble Falls, and Lampasas. Lake Victor and Bertram became shipping-point communities. Other communities lost population as the railroad offered employment.[5] During the Great Depression, county farmers suffered financially, but found work with government-sponsored public-works projects. The Lower Colorado River Authority employed hundreds of people for the construction of the Hamilton (Buchanan) Dam and Roy B. Inks Dam.[5]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". (2.6%) are covered by water.[8]

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National protected area

Demographics

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Racial and ethnic composition

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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[14] Pop 1990[15] Pop 2000[16] Pop 2010[12] Pop 2020[13] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 16,178 19,814 28,017 32,530 34,810 90.87% 87.37% 82.05% 76.09% 70.85%
Black or African American alone (NH) 269 255 500 700 579 1.51% 1.12% 1.46% 1.64% 1.18%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 38 98 155 169 183 0.21% 0.43% 0.45% 0.40% 0.37%
Asian alone (NH) 42 50 89 198 424 0.24% 0.22% 0.26% 0.46% 0.86%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [17] x [18] 13 13 14 x x 0.04% 0.03% 0.03%
Other race alone (NH) 18 20 15 44 147 0.10% 0.09% 0.04% 0.10% 0.30%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [19] x [20] 314 444 1,774 x x 0.92% 1.04% 3.61%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,258 2,440 5,044 8,652 11,199 7.07% 10.76% 14.77% 20.24% 22.79%
Total 17,803 22,677 34,147 42,750 49,130 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 49,130 and a median age of 45.9 years. 20.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 24.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.9 males age 18 and over.[21]

The racial makeup of the county was 77.0% White, 1.3% Black or African American, 0.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 8.7% from some other race, and 11.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 22.8% of the population.[22]

32.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 67.3% lived in rural areas.[23]

There were 19,245 households in the county, of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.0% were married-couple households, 16.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 23.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[21]

There were 23,436 housing units, of which 17.9% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 75.2% were owner-occupied and 24.8% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.7% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.7%.[21]

Communities

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Notable people

  • Adam R. "Stovepipe" Johnson, Confederate general; the 1887 founder of Marble Falls, despite being blinded during the war
  • Gerald Lyda (1923–2005), general contractor and cattle rancher, born and raised in Burnet County
  • Stephen McGee (born September 27, 1985), former American football quarterback, played college football for Texas A&M drafted and played NFL football for the Dallas Cowboys
  • James Oakley, former County Commissioner (1998–2005) and County Judge (2015–present)
  • Logan Vandeveer, early Texas soldier, ranger, cattleman and civic leader; a leader in presenting the petition to the legislature in 1852 to establish Burnet County and was instrumental in having the town of Burnet named the county seat
  • Al Witcher (born 1936), American football player

Politics

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See also

References

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