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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. N. by E. of See also:Austin. Pop. (189o) 2447; (1900) 2790 (6o8 negroes); (1910) 3096. 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. 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:Hill (chartered in 1856, but closed in 1870). The university includes a fitting school at Georgetown, and a medical See also:department at See also:Dallas, Texas; in 19o9 it had an enrolment of 1037 students. The See also:principal manufactures of Georgetown are See also:cotton and cotton-See also:seed oil, and planing-See also:mill products. In See also:Page See also:Park are See also:mineral springs, whose See also:waters have medicinal qualities similar to the famous Karlsbad waters. 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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