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.

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The state of Texas was once an independent country known as the Republic of Texas. It gained independence from Mexico in 1836 and was a separate nation until it was annexed by the United States in 1845.