Historical Marker
Bastrop County
Historical marker location:
Bastrop, Texas
( intersection of Loop 150 and SH 21 - island between the two roads, near entrance to Bastrop State Park, Bastrop)
Marker installed: 1936
A part of Austin's grant in 1821; created the municipality of Mina, 1834; became the County of Mina in the Republic of Texas, 1836.
Name changed to "Bastrop," December 18, 1837, in honor of Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop, 1770-1829, land commissioner of Austin's Colony. Member of the Congress of Coahuila and Texas.
Bastrop, the County Seat.