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Travis County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
221historic places
—earliest paper
1840formed
1,290,188pop. 2020
64cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 221 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Austin, Bee Cave, Jonestown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Travis titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

152 of 221 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

221 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
1918 State Office Building and 1933 State Highway BuildingAustinBuilding1998
Administration BuildingAustinBuilding1993
All Saints' ChapelAustinBuilding2015
Anderson StadiumAustinDistrict2022
Arnold BakeryAustinBuilding2004
Austin Central Fire Station #1AustinBuilding2000
Austin Central LibraryAustinBuilding2023
Austin Daily Tribune BuildingAustinBuilding2000
Austin Fire Drill TowerAustinBuilding2016
Austin Public LibraryAustinBuilding1993
Austin US CourthouseAustinBuilding2001
Aynesworth-Wright HouseAustinBuilding1980
Bailetti HouseAustinBuilding1985
Baker SchoolAustinBuilding2023
Barnes, Charles W., HouseAustinBuilding1985
Barr, William Braxton, HouseAustinBuilding1983
Barton Springs Archeological and Historical DistrictAustinDistrict1985
Battle HallAustinBuilding1970
Batts, Judge Robert Lynn, HouseAustinBuilding1984
Bertram BuildingAustinBuilding2012
Bluebonnet Tourist CampAustinBuilding1990
Boardman-Webb-Bugg HouseAustinBuilding1980
Bremond Block Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1970
Briones, Genaro P. and Carolina, HouseAustinBuilding1998
Brizendine HouseAustinBuilding1974
Brown BuildingAustinBuilding1997
Cambridge TowerAustinBuilding2018
Camp Mabry Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1996
Carrington-Covert HouseAustinBuilding1970
Caswell, Daniel H. and William T., HousesAustinBuilding1975
Central Christian ChurchAustinBuilding1992
Chapel for the ChildrenAustinBuilding2022
Chapman HouseAustinBuilding2010
Charles Umlauf House and StudioAustinBuilding2024
City CemeteryAustinDistrict1985
Clarksville Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1976
Clement’s Market-The Sport BarAustinBuilding2022
Commercial Building at 4113 Guadalupe StreetAustinBuilding1990
Community CenterAustinBuilding1985
Congress Avenue Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1978
Connelly-Yerwood HouseAustinBuilding2003
Covert Park at Mount BonnellAustinDistrict2015
Covert, Frank M. and Annie G., HouseAustinBuilding1990
Cox Springs SchoolJonestownBuilding2026
Cox, Andrew M., Ranch SiteAustinSite1975
Cox-Craddock HouseAustinBuilding2001
Cranfill ApartmentsAustinBuilding2013
Cranfill, Thomas, HouseAustinBuilding2004
Deep Eddy Bathing BeachAustinDistrict2003
Della Phillips HouseAustinBuilding2025
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Headquarters BuildingAustinBuilding2012
Delwood Duplex Historic DistrictAustinDistrict2011
Dobie, J. Frank, HouseAustinBuilding1991
Driskill HotelAustinBuilding1969
East Main Street Historic DistrictPflugervilleDistrict2012
Evans Industrial BuildingAustinBuilding1982
Federal Office BuildingAustinBuilding2011
Fiesta GardensAustinDistrict2019
Fischer HouseAustinBuilding1982
Fogel, Seymour and Barbara, HouseAustinBuilding2003
French LegationAustinBuilding1969
George Washington Carver LibraryAustinBuilding2005
German American Ladies CollegeAustinBuilding2013
Gethsemane Lutheran ChurchAustinBuilding2011
Gethsemane Lutheran ChurchAustinBuilding1970
Gethsemane Lutheran Church and Luther Hall (Boundary Increase)AustinBuilding2004
Gilfillan HouseAustinBuilding1980
Goodman BuildingAustinBuilding1973
Governor's Mansion NHLAustinBuilding1970
Granger House and the PerchAustinBuilding2006
Green PasturesAustinBuilding1980
Haehnel BuildingAustinBuilding1985
Hancock Golf CourseAustinDistrict2014
Hancock, John, HouseAustinBuilding1973
Haynes-DeLashwah HouseAustinBuilding1983
Hildreth-Flanagan-Heierman HouseAustinBuilding1990
Hirshfeld, Henry, House and CottageAustinBuilding1973
Hofheintz-Reissig StoreAustinBuilding1983
Horton-Porter, Goldie, HouseAustinBuilding1990
House at 1170 San Bernard StreetAustinBuilding1985
House at 1400 Canterbury StreetAustinBuilding1985
Huston-Tillotson CollegeAustinDistrict2022
Hyde Park Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1990
Hyde Park Presbyterian ChurchAustinBuilding1990
Irvin, Robert, HouseAustinBuilding1985
Jernigan, A. J., HouseAustinBuilding1983
Jobe, Phillip W., HouseAustinBuilding1985
Johnson, C. E., HouseAustinBuilding1985
Kappa Kappa Gamma HouseAustinBuilding2013
Keith HouseAustinBuilding1998
Laguna GloriaAustinDistrict1975
Lamar Boulevard BridgeAustinStructure1994
Ledbetter, Charles P., HouseAustinBuilding1990
Levi Rock ShelterAustinSite1971
Lexington Apartments and Motor InnsAustinBuilding2025
Limerick-Frazier HouseAustinBuilding2005
Lions Municipal Golf CourseAustinDistrict2016
Little CampusAustinDistrict1974
Littlefield HouseAustinBuilding1970
Long Hog Hollow Archeological DistrictAustinDistrict1984
Lung HouseAustinBuilding2014
Maddox, John W., HouseAustinBuilding1985
Mansbendel, Peter and Clotilde Shipe, HouseAustinBuilding1990
Mather-Kirkland HouseAustinBuilding1978
Mayfield-Gutsch EstateAustinSite1994
McCallum, Arthur N. and Jane Y., HouseAustinBuilding1996
McCauley, Robert H. and Edith Ethel, HouseAustinBuilding1990
McFarland HouseAustinBuilding2020
McGown, Floyd, HouseAustinBuilding1985
McKinney HomesteadAustinDistrict1974
Miller, Fannie Moss, HouseAustinBuilding2008
Millett Opera HouseAustinBuilding1978
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Land Co. HouseAustinBuilding1990
Montopolis BridgeAustinStructure1996
Moonlight TowersAustinStructure1976
Moore's Crossing Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1996
Moore-Hancock FarmsteadAustinBuilding1994
Moreland, Charles B., HouseAustinBuilding1985
Nagel, Chester and Lorine, HouseAustinBuilding1997
Neill-Cochran HouseAustinBuilding1970
Newton HouseAustinBuilding1987
Ney, Elisabet, Studio and MuseumAustinBuilding1972
Norwood BuildingAustinBuilding2011
Oakwood Cemetery AnnexAustinDistrict2003
Old BakeryAustinBuilding1969
Old Land Office BuildingAustinBuilding1970
Old West Austin Historic DistrictAustinDistrict2003
Old West Austin Historic District (Boundary Increase)AustinDistrict2004
Oliphant-Walker HouseAustinBuilding1990
Onion Creek Crossing at McKinney FallsAustinSite2019
Page-Gilbert HouseAustinBuilding1990
Paggi, Michael, HouseAustinBuilding1975
Paramount TheatreAustinBuilding1976
Parker, James F. and Susie R., HouseAustinBuilding1990
Parque ZaragozaAustinDistrict2022
Perry Estate-St. Mary's AcademyAustinDistrict2001
Perry, Edgar H. Jr., HouseAustinBuilding2014
Peterson, George A., HouseAustinBuilding1985
Polhemus, Joseph O., HouseAustinBuilding1985
Porter, William Sidney, HouseAustinBuilding1973
Rainey Street Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1985
Ramsey, F. T. and Belle, HouseAustinBuilding1990
Rather HouseAustinBuilding1979
Raymond-Morley HouseAustinBuilding1974
Reuter, Louis and Mathilde, HouseAustinBuilding1987
Robbins, Alice H., HouseAustinBuilding1990
Roberts ClinicAustinBuilding2019
Robinson-Macken HouseAustinBuilding1985
Rogers, Edward H., HomesteadAustinDistrict1974
Rogers-Bell HouseEast AustinBuilding1988
Rosewood Courts Historic DistrictAustinDistrict2016
Roy-Hardin HouseAustinBuilding2005
Royal Arch Masonic LodgeAustinBuilding2005
Sampson, George W., HouseAustinBuilding1982
Santa Rita CourtsAustinDistrict2008
Schemedes, Kurt and Meta, HouseAustinBuilding2000
Schneider, J. P., StoreAustinBuilding1979
Scholz GartenAustinBuilding1979
Schulze, Walter, House and Industrial StructureAustinBuilding1986
Scott, Zachary T. and Sallie Lee, Sr. HouseAustinBuilding1998
Scottish Rite DormitoryAustinBuilding1998
Seaholm Power PlantAustinBuilding2013
Sears, Rev. Henry M. and Jennie, HouseAustinBuilding1990
Shadow Lawn Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1990
Sheeks-Robertson HouseAustinBuilding1976
Shield Ranch (Additional Documentation )Bee CaveDistrict2020
Shield Ranch (Boundary Increase)Bee CaveDistrict2026
Shipe, Col. Monroe M., HouseAustinBuilding1983
Shotgun at 1206 Canterbury StreetAustinBuilding1985
Shotguns at 1203-1205 Bob HarrisonAustinBuilding1985
Simms HouseAustinBuilding2005
Simpson Memorial Methodist ChurchAustinBuilding2015
Sixth Street Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1975
Smith Rock ShelterAustinSite1974
Smith-Clark and Smith-Bickler HousesAustinBuilding1979
Smith-Marcuse-Lowry HouseAustinBuilding1990
Smoot, Richmond Kelley, HouseAustinBuilding1982
Southgate-Lewis HouseAustinBuilding1985
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone BuildingAustinBuilding1978
St. David's Episcopal ChurchAustinBuilding1978
St. Edward's University Main Building and Holy Cross DormitoryAustinBuilding1973
St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran ChurchAustinBuilding2023
St. Mary's CathedralAustinBuilding1973
State Cemetery of TexasAustinSite1986
State Lunatic AsylumAustinBuilding1987
Stavely-Kunz-Johnson HouseAustinBuilding1980
Suburban Alcoholic Foundation ClubhouseAustinBuilding2023
Swedish Hill Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1986
Teachers State Association of Texas BuildingAustinBuilding2005
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs HeadquartersAustinBuilding1985
Texas State Capitol NHLAustinBuilding1970
Third Street Railroad TrestleAustinStructure2021
Town Lake GazeboAustinStructure2020
Travis Heights-Fairview Park Historic DistrictAustinDistrict2021
Tucker Apartment HouseAustinBuilding2017
U.S. Post Office and Federal BuildingAustinBuilding1970
University Baptist ChurchAustinBuilding1998
University Junior High SchoolAustinBuilding2001
Victory GrillAustinBuilding1998
Wahrenberger HouseAustinBuilding1978
Walnut Creek Archeological DistrictAustinSite1981
Walsh, James M. & Leana B., HouseAustinBuilding2014
Wells, Willie, HouseAustinBuilding2021
Wesley United Methodist ChurchAustinBuilding1985
West Downtown Austin Historic DistrictAustinDistrict2024
West Fifth Street Bridge at Shoal CreekAustinStructure2019
West Line Historic DistrictAustinDistrict2005
West Sixth Street Bridge at Shoal CreekAustinStructure2014
Westgate TowerAustinBuilding2010
WesthillAustinBuilding1979
Williams, W. T. and Clotilde V., HouseAustinBuilding1990
Willow-Spence Streets Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1985
Wilshire Historic DistrictAustinDistrict2011
WoodlawnAustinBuilding1970
Wooldridge ParkAustinStructure1979
Wooten, Goodall, HouseAustinBuilding1975
Worrell-Ettlinger HouseAustinBuilding2004
Wroe-Bustin HouseAustinBuilding1997
Youth Council Site (41TV382)AustinSite1979
Zilker Park Historic DistrictAustinDistrict1997
Ziller HouseAustinBuilding1998

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Travis was formed in 1840 (1840-01-25) from Bastrop.

TRAVIS created by the Republic of Texas from BASTROP; western boundary clarified 5 Feb 1840.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Travis County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1.3M647k3,1381850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,1388,08027,02847,38657,616111,053160,980212,136419,573812,2801,290,188

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

64 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 64 of 64 listed
NameLatLon
Assumption Cemetery30.22029-97.75099
Austin Memorial Park Cemetery30.33162-97.75253
Austin State Hospital Cemetery30.31719-97.72356
Bethany Cemetery30.28056-97.68703
Brown Cemetery30.26771-97.50889
Brown Cemetery30.26891-97.52258
Brown Cemetery30.13017-97.82307
Burdett Prairie Cemetery30.23354-97.69195
Carl Cemetery30.11077-97.74973
Chapel Hill Memorial Park30.14354-97.82195
Comanche Cemeteries30.20605-97.54417
Cook - Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum30.43742-97.66554
Creedmoor Cemetery30.07466-97.72222
Darter Cemetery30.36354-97.92418
Decker Free Church Cemetery30.32937-97.60334
Easley Cemetery30.26688-97.50972
Evergreen Cemetery30.2786-97.69961
Fairview Cemetery30.52408-97.92779
Fall Creek Cemetery30.41742-98.12363
Fiskville Cemetery30.35107-97.68541
Forest Oaks Memorial Park30.23271-97.86251
Fowler Cemetery30.18244-97.53972
Garfield Cemetery30.18882-97.57222
Glasscock Cemetery30.25327-97.53222
Gregg Cemetery30.38271-97.60889
Hansel Cemetery30.50935-98.04434
Haynie Cemetery30.19077-97.55833
Hill Cemetery30.37965-97.58639
Hornsby Cemetery30.25604-97.62222
Huddleston Cemetery30.60519-97.92946
Hunter Cemetery30.23513-97.57044
Ingram Cemetery30.16216-97.55444
Jones Cemeteries30.2541-97.57472
Kimbro Cemetery30.38872-97.47214
Live Oak Cemetery30.12619-97.81739
Lockwood Cemetery30.28215-97.50305
McNeil Cemetery30.34382-97.85112
Memorial Hill Park30.42687-97.66945
Mount Calvary Cemetery30.28493-97.72473
Nelson Cemetery30.11049-97.64222
Oak Hill Cemetery30.23715-97.86973
Oakwood Cemetery30.27678-97.72647
Oakwood Cemetery Annex30.27719-97.72365
Oliver Cemetery30.23215-97.94306
Onion Creek Memorial Park30.14383-97.82258
Pfluger Cemetery30.41854-97.54917
Plummers Cemetery30.2774-97.68865
Post Oak Bend Cemetery30.47853-98.07224
Prairie Hill Cemetery30.44111-97.50236
Preece Cemetery30.37298-97.8064
Puckett Cemetery30.24827-97.5675
Roberts Cemetery30.30048-97.89056
Rogers Hill Cemetery30.2791-97.63889
Rosehill Cemetery30.37215-97.52389
Schiller Cemetery30.3691-97.42194
Simpson Cemetery30.41342-97.96984
Slaughter Cemetery30.17259-97.80829
Teck Cemetery30.39076-97.94085
Texas State Cemetery30.26707-97.72657
Tucker Cemetery30.26427-97.81539
Vasquez Cemetery30.03919-97.72869
White Rock Cemetery30.30999-97.96283
Williamson Creek Cemetery30.19827-97.76695
Woods Cemetery30.22549-97.51305

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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