Austin County is a rural, agricultural dominated county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,167. Its seat is Bellville. The county and region was settled primarily by German emigrants in the 1800s.
The Austin County Courthouse in Bellville
Stephen Fuller Austin was an American-born empresario. Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States to the Tejas region of Mexico in 1825.
A posthumous portrait from 1840
Memorial to Stephen F. Austin in his birthplace
Sam Houston and Stephen Austin depicted on the Texas Centennial Issue postage stamp of 1936
Portrait of Austin, 1833