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Burnet County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,750.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48053.html )〕 Its county seat is Burnet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was founded in 1852 and later organized in 1854. It is named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first (provisional) president of the Republic of Texas. The name of the county is pronounced with the emphasis or accent on the first syllable, just as its namesake David Burnet. ==History== Indigenous peoples inhabit the area as early as 4500 B.C. Later known tribes in the area include Tonkawa, Lipan Apache and Comanche. During the 1820s-1830s Stephen F. Austin and Green DeWitt surveying and Indian fighting explorations.〔 In 1849 the United States established Fort Croghan and in 1848 First settlers arrived in the county, Samuel Eli Holland, Logan Vandeveer, Peter Kerr, William Harrison Magill, Noah Smithwick, Captain Jesse B. Burnham, R. H. Hall, Adam Rankin "Stovepipe" Johnson and Captain Christian Dorbandt. In 1851 Twenty Mormon families under the leadership of Lyman Wight establish a colony at Hamilton Creek, later to be known as Morman Mill. In 1852 the Fourth Texas Legislature created Burnet County from Bell, Travis and Williamson.〔 The first post office was established at Hamilton in 1853.〔 In 1860 there were 235 slaves in Burnet County〔
During 1882-1903 Railroad tracks to Burnet, Granite Mountain, Marble Falls, Lampasas. Lake Victor and Bertram become shipping point communities. Other communities lose population as the railroad offers employment.〔 During the Great Depression County farmers suffered financially but found work with government sponsored public-works projects. The Lower Colorado River Authority employed hundreds of people for the construction of the Hamilton (Buchanan) Dam and Roy B. Inks Dam.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burnet County, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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