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GEORGETOWN , a city and the county-seat ofSee also: Williamson county, See also: Texas, U.S.A., on the See also: San See also: Gabriel See also: river, about 25 M
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N. by E. of See also: Austin
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Pop
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(189o) 2447; (1900) 2790 (6o8 negroes); (1910) 3096
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The city is served by the See also: International & See also: Great See also: Northern, and the See also: Missouri, Kansas & Texas See also: rail-ways
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Georgetown is the seat of the Southwestern University (Methodist Episcopal, See also: South, co-educational), formed in 1873 (chartered 1875) by the combination of Ruterville See also: College (Methodist Episcopal, at Ruterville, Texas, chartered in 184o, and closed in 1850), See also: McKenzie College (at See also: Clarksville, Texas, founded in 1841 and closed in 1872), Wesleyan College at San Augustine (chartered in 1844, burned a few years later, and not rebuilt), and Soule University at See also: Chapel See also: Hill (chartered in 1856, but closed in 1870)
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The university includes a fitting school at Georgetown, and a medical department at Dallas, Texas; in 19o9 it had an enrolment of 1037 students
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The
See also: principal manufactures of Georgetown are See also: cotton and cotton-seed oil, and planing-See also: mill products
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See also: Park are See also: mineral springs, whose See also: waters have medicinal qualities similar to the famous Karlsbad waters
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The first See also: settlement was made here in 1848; and Georgetown was incorporated as a See also: town in 1866, and was chartered as a city in 189o
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