When planning your next Texas vacation you’ll want to
get all the Austin facts so you’ll be the smartest traveler
in the Wild West.
Austin Location: South central Texas
Austin Population: 690,252 (1.4 metro)
Austin Nicknames: City of Ideas, The Live Music Capitol of the
World, Silicon Hills
Austin Was Founded In: 1839 on the site of “Waterloo”
Texas.
Austin Industry: Global Finance, Computer Technology, University
of Texas at Austin
Austin Claims To Fame: State Capital, Live Music, Austin City
Limits Music Festival Computer Boom, Home of Willie Nelson and
Lance Armstrong, Eclectic Wierdness
Austin Miscellaneous: Spanish missionaries in what became Austin,
Texas attempted to encourage the spread of European values by
offering flannel underwear to Native Americans.
