Tag: Burnet
Burnet ( /ˈbɜrnɨt/ BUR-net) is a city in and the county seat of Burnet County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,987 at the 2010 census.
Both the city and the county were named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first (provisional) president of the Republic of Texas. He also served as Vice President during the administration of Mirabeau B. Lamar.
Burnet is located one mile west of the divide between the Brazos and Colorado River watersheds near the center of Burnet County. It is 48 miles northwest of the state capitol, Austin – roughly a 1- to 1½-hour drive via U.S. Highway 183 and State Highway 29. It is 36 miles west of Georgetown (and Interstate Highway 35) via State Highway 29, and 100 miles north of San Antonio on U.S. Highway 281.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.8 square miles (18 km), all of it land.
In December 1847, a company of the Texas Rangers Division commanded by Henry E. McCulloch established a station at the site of…
