Formed January 1, 1856 (109th county)
Lampasas County (21,632), Lampasas (7,283)
The 1883 Second Empire version of the Lampasas County courthouse is on the square at the corner of 4th and Main Oak streets. United States Highways 183/281 are two blocks west of the location. This historic looking limestone structure is the second for the county since 1856, both in Lampasas. Wesley C. Dodson provided the design for the building. The building was restored in 2003. The county was formed on January 1, 1856 from parts of Travis and Bell counties as the 109th county. Lampasas County and City come from the Spanish for a local plant, lampazo, meaning “lilies.”
Lampasas County government consists of a sheriff, a County Judge, and 4 Commissioners. One District Court Judge serves Lampasas and Bell counties and One County Court Judge serves Lampasas County. The county is northwest of Austin, Texas and southwest of Waco, Texas. The Colorado River is the western border of the county. The Lampasas River crosses through the eastern part of the county. The county center is 11.8 miles North-Northwest of Lampasas nearer Adamsville. The county is surrounded clockwise by Hamilton, Coryell, Bell, Burnet, San Saba, and Mills counties.
The area of the county is 712 square miles. It is 211 out of 254 in the state. It ranks 108 out of 254 in population in the state. It has a density of 30.4 persons per square mile making it 104 out of 254 in the state. Lampasas County has 46.6% of its population in its incorporated areas. United States Highway 183 crosses diagonally from Mills County, northwest, to Burnet County, south. United States Highway 190 enters from Coryell County on the east and exits into San Saba County on the west. United States Highway 281 crosses north to south, Coryell County to Burnet County. The county is triangular shaped. Lampasas is in the far south just north of the border with Burnet County. Lampasas is the county seat and the largest city. It is 33.7% of the county population. The county and county seat are pronounced LAM-PASS-ES. This county is in the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Lampasas
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Copperas Cove
