​Founding of Georgetown

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Marker Text: ​According to local tradition Williamson county's first six commissioners met here under a stately oak tree in May 1848 to choose a location for the county seat. George Washington Glassock, Sr., later joined them and offered to donate land he owned jointly with Thomas B. Huling as a site for the county seat. the land was bounded by the oak tree at one corner and the San Gabriel River to the north and west. The offer was accepted and in July 1848 the commissioners named the town Georgetown in Glassock's honor. The landmark oak tree was felled by a storm in 1886. (1994)

Marker No: 13924

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.635784, -97.676086

Location: Southeast corner of Church and 9th Streets, Georgetown