Austin County Texas Genealogy and History - presented by Genealogy Trails


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COUNTY INFORMATION Austin County lies on the west side of the Brazos River, about fifty miles from the city of Houston. It is bounded on the north by Washington, east by Waller, south by Fort Bend, and west by Colorado and Fayette. It was in the heart of Austin's first colony, and settled in 1822, by some of the first of it's colonists. Photo by Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0

CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

* Bellville (county seat) * Industry * Sealy * Wallis * San Felipe * Bleiblerville * Burleigh * Cat Spring * Frydek * Kenney * Nelsonville * New Ulm * Peters * Shelby * Welcome * Rexville *

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Online Data
Biographies	Birth Records
Cemeteries	Census Records
Church Records	County Records
Death Records	Family Stories
History Topics	Marriage Records
Military Records	Miscellaneous Records
Newspaper Gleanings	Obituaries and Death Notices
School Records	Wills and Probate Records
Website Updates: Mar 2025: Death News: MONTGOMERY, REINECKER, WOLNITZEK, MANNING, GLENN, SCHLOSSER, ENGELBACH, SPOEDE, STRAUSS, BUELOW, REICHELE, GRANVILLE, SIEGFRIED, WULFF, FERRIS, RINGENER, LUHN, WHITFIELD Nov 2024: Marriage News: Married on top of a Ferris Wheel - ENGELKING, PIPES; Death News: RENEAU; Visiting News: SIMS, CITTERT, SCHAFFNER, SCHUMACHER, RICHTER, SEIDELMAN, DAVIDSON, MECKLENBURG, BALKE, HOLLAND, KOLB, ENGELKING, JOHN, SPANGLER, CARSON, THOMPSON, SUTTON, YOUNG, SALLEY, LENNAN, KLOSS, PREIBISCH, BROSIG, BULLER, SCHROEDER, SCHUETTE, BROWN, TOMLINSON Jul 2024: Marriage News: KRAUSE, BECKER; Birth News: JOHNSON, LEENEN; Marriage News: FLOWERS, JOHNSON; Death News: KENNEY, MINTON; Civil War News: 1861 New Company for Austin county, What is a Ration, 1861 Muster Roll of Jackson Company; Ads: CHESLEY, STEPHENSON, WILSON, MONTGOMERY, SEIDEL, BARTLEY, BARCHAK, HARRIS, AHRENBECK, BONNEY, HARRIS, KAVANAUGH, BOONE, ELLIOTT, OSTEREHOUT, CHAPPELL, METCALFE, READ, GREEN, STERNENBERG, GRAVES, COCKE; History: Cattle Brands: ECKARDT, RUDOLF, FAULKNER, SAM, HAUBOLT, SCHILLER, MELTORES, SCHULZ, NEWTON, UECKERT Mar 2024: Marriage News: McANULTY, MANNING, UECKERT, WALTON, DAILEY, BRUGGER, HOLLIEM, LESOVSKY, KUBRICHT, DAVEY, SONNENBERG, SCHROEDER, CRAWFORD, HALLMAN, HERMANN, KNOLLE Nov 2023: Death News: LESCHPER; Ads: ROWLAND, SCHMOELLER, HOVER, SIGLER, HAYNES, GLENN, KASTROP, HERMAN, PLEDGER, GRAY, BUNTZEL Jul 2023: County: 1888 County Officers; Crime News: BELL; Death News: JOSEY, LEWIS; Marriage News: FARRINGTON, MEYER, MCCARTHY, SCHMIDT, MENNICKE Apr 2023: Sick List News: ALLEN; Community News; Crime News: CAMPBELL Mar 2023: Marriage News: HENDERSON, CAMPBELL

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Surrounding Counties

* Washington County (north)

* Waller County (east)

* Fort Bend County (southeast)

* Wharton County (south)

* Colorado County (west)

* Fayette County (northwest)

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