Gillespie County
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Gillespie County is a county located in Texas in the United States. It is part of the Texas state system of local government and administration.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Robert Addison Gillespie
- Seat
- Fredericksburg
- Largest city
- Fredericksburg
- Total
- 1,062 sq mi (2,750 km )
- Land
- 1,058 sq mi (2,740 km )
- Water
- 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 28,527
- Density
- 25.26/sq mi (9.753/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
Article
Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. Gillespie county is prominent in the Texas German belt region, a region settled by German emigrants in the 1800s. As of the 2020 census, its population was 26,725. Gillespie County comprises the Fredericksburg, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Fredericksburg. It is located in the heart of the rural Texas Hill Country in Central Texas. Gillespie is named for Robert Addison Gillespie, a soldier in the Mexican–American War.
On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County. In 1848, the legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar and Travis Counties. The signers were overwhelmingly German immigrants.