​Bastrop County

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Marker Text: A part of Austin's grant in 1821; created the municipality of Mina, 1834; became the County of Mina in the Republic of Texas, 1836. Name changed to "Bastrop," December 18, 1837, in honor of Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop, 1770-1829, land commissioner of Austin's Colony. Member of the Congress of Coahuila and Texas. Bastrop, the County Seat. (1936) 

Marker No: 9152

Pink Granite 1936 County Centennial Marker

Geographic: 30.110395,-97.293915

Location: intersection of Loop 150 and SH 21 - island between the two roads, near entrance to Bastrop State Park, Bastrop