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GEORGETOWN
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See 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, See also: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 See also: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 See also:Augustine (chartered in 1844, burned a few years later, and not rebuilt), and Soule University at See also:Chapel See also: |
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