Waterloo, Texas

Waterloo is the name of what is now called Austin, Texas, located in Travis County in the central part of the state.^[1]

After Republic of Texas Vice President Mirabeau B. Lamar visited the area during a buffalo-hunting expedition between 1837 and 1838, he proposed that the republic's capital then located in Houston, Texas, be relocated to the central Austin area situated on the north bank of the Colorado River near the present-day Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge. In 1839, the site was officially chosen as the republic's new capital (the republic's seventh and final location) and was incorporated under the name, Waterloo. Shortly thereafter, the name was changed to Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas" and the republic's first secretary of state.

References

External links

• Waterloo, Texas from TexasEscapes.com
• Waterloo, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Waterloo, Texas from http://www.tshaonline.org

Municipalities and communities of Travis County, Texas, United States
County seat: Austin
Cities	Austin‡ Bee Cave Cedar Park‡ Creedmoor Elgin‡ Jonestown Lago Vista Lakeway Leander‡ Manor Mustang Ridge‡ Pflugerville‡ Rollingwood Round Rock‡ Sunset Valley West Lake Hills
Villages	Briarcliff Point Venture San Leanna The Hills Volente Webberville
CDPs	Barton Creek Garfield Hornsby Bend Hudson Bend Jollyville‡ Lost Creek Manchaca Shady Hollow Wells Branch Windemere
Other unincorporated communities	Bluff Springs Cele Del Valle Elroy Kimbro Littig Lund Maha Manda Marshall Ford McNeil Nameless New Sweden Pilot Knob
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

City of Austin
Slogan: Live Music Capital of the World
Attractions	Austin Aquarium Austin Zoo Circuit of the Americas Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Dell Diamond Driskill Hotel Frank Erwin Center State Capitol Texas Governor's Mansion Treaty Oak UFCU Disch-Falk Field University of Texas Tower
History	Austin Dam failure French Legation Greater Austin Levi Rock Shelter Stephen F. Austin Texas Archive War Timeline Treaty Oak Waterloo, Texas
Education	Tertiary Austin Community College Concordia University Texas Huston–Tillotson University St. Edward's University University of Texas School districts Austin ISD Del Valle ISD Eanes ISD Hays CISD Leander ISD Lake Travis ISD Manor ISD Pflugerville ISD
Geography	Smith Rock Shelter
Government	Austin ReBlend Camp Mabry Fire Police
Industry	General Amy's Ice Creams Golfsmith Keller Williams Realty Schlotzsky's Whole Foods Market Creative arts Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Collings Guitars Inner Sanctum Records Retro Studios Rooster Teeth Troublemaker Studios Waterloo Records Western Vinyl Technology Advanced Micro Devices Advanced Technology Development Facility (ATDF) Cirrus Logic Dell Computer Freescale Semiconductor IBM Luminex Corporation MCC National Instruments NCSOFT SEMATECH Silicon Laboratories Valence Technology
Museums	Arthouse at The Jones Center Austin History Center Austin Museum of Art Austin Museum of Digital Art Blanton Museum of Art Bullock Texas State History Museum Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Elisabet Ney Museum French Legation Museum George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Mexic-Arte Museum Neill-Cochran House Museum O. Henry Museum South Austin Museum of Popular Culture Texas Memorial Museum Texas Military Forces Museum Texas State Capitol Visitors Center Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum
Music	Antone's Armadillo World Headquarters Austin City Limits Austin Opera Austin Symphony Orchestra Cinematic Symphony Emo's SXSW
Neighborhoods	Allandale Anderson Mill Barton Hills Bouldin Creek Bremond Block Historic District Brentwood Bryker Woods Canyon Creek Chinatown Circle C Ranch Clarksville Congress Avenue Copperfield Crestview Dawson Dove Springs Downtown Austin The Drag East Cesar Chavez East Riverside-Oltorf Easton Park Far West French Place Galindo Granada Hills Hancock Hyde Park Historic District Montopolis Moore's Crossing Historic District Mueller Community North Burnet–Gateway North Shoal Creek Northwest Hills Oak Hill Old West Austin Onion Creek Rainey Street Rosedale Saint John Scenic Brook Shadow Lawn Historic District Sixth Street South Congress South Lamar South River City Spyglass-Barton's Bluff Swedish Hill Tarrytown Travis Heights Waters Park West Campus Westgate West Line Willow-Spence Streets Windsor Hills Windsor Park Wooten Zilker
Parks and recreation	Auditorium Shores Barton Creek Barton Springs Colorado River Deep Eddy Pool Emma Long Hippie Hollow Lady Bird Lake Lake Austin Lake Travis Lake Walter E. Long McKinney Falls Mount Bonnell Rosewood Park Walnut Creek Wild Basin Zilker
Transportation	Public Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital MetroRail Capital MetroRapid Capital Area Rural Transportation System Freeways MoPac Expressway Interstate 35 Pickle Parkway SH 71 US 290 US 183 Streets Congress Avenue Guadalupe Street Sixth Street
Weirdness	Keep Austin Weird Leslie Cochran Occupy Austin Spamarama Weird City