GILLESPIE COUNTY, TEXAS

30° 18' 36" N, 98° 57' 0" W (30.31, -98.95)

Population: 26,725 (2020) 24,837 (2010)
Total area: 1,062 square miles (2,750 km2)
1,058 square miles (2,740 km2) land
3.5 square miles (9.1 km2) (0.3%) water

Gillespie County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Mason County (NW) Llano County (NE) Blanco County (E) Kendall County (S) Kerr County (SW) Kimble County (W)

Gillespie County History

(1936 Texas Centennial Marker)

GILLESPIE COUNTY

The trails of roving Indians crossed these hills settled by German pioneers in 1846. A group of Mormons settled at Zodiac in 1847.
Created February 23, 1848; organized June 5, 1848.
Named for Richard Addison Gillespie, a Texan from 1837, a defender of the Texas frontier, and captain in the Mexican War who fell at Monterrey, September 22, 1846.
Fredericksburg, the county seat.

Gillespie County Courthouse

Gillespie County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Gillespie County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, hotels, and forum.

County Seat - Fredericksburg
Book Hotel Here - Fredericksburg Hotels

Albert ghost town

Cain City ghost town

Cave Creek

Cherry Spring ghost town

Crabapple ghost town

Doss

Eckert ghost town

Fredericksburg county seat

Gold

Grapetown ghost town

Harper

Luckenbach ghost town

Morris Ranch ghost town

Pedernales ghost town

Rheingold

Rocky Hill ghost town

Stonewall

Willow City

Zodiac ghost town

Gillespie County Vintage Maps

Gillespie County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Gillespie County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Gillespie County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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TEXAS TOWN LIST
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