San Saba

Formed January 1, 1856 (115^th county)

San Saba County (5,720), San Saba (3,111)                

The stately Classical Revival courthouse was built in 1911 on the square at the Wallace and Live Oak streets.  Wallace Street is United States Highway 190 as it passes through the city.  San Saba has been the only county seat having three courthouses (1857, 1878, and 1911) since the January 1, 1856 county organization.  The county was formed from Bexar County as the 115^th county.  Chamberlin & Company designed the present red brick and concrete courthouse.  San Saba is named for the local river which was named for Saint Sabbas. 

San Saba County government consists of a sheriff, a County Judge, and 4 Commissioners.  Two District Court Judges serve San Saba, Blanco, Burnet, and Llano counties and One County Court Judge serves San Saba County.  The county is located in the center of Texas.  San Angelo, Texas is northwest and Austin, Texas is southeast of the county.  The county center is 3.1 miles West of San Saba nearer Harkeyville.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Milles, Lampasas, Burnet, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, and Brown counties. 

The area of the county is 1134 square miles.  It is 44 out of 254 in the state.  It ranks 194 out of 254 in population in the state.  It has a density of 5.0 persons per square mile making it 200 out of 254 in the state.  San Saba County has 58.7% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 190 crosses east to west from Lampasas County to McCulloch County.  The county is an overall square with straight borders on the west and south.  The Colorado River provides the north and east borders.  The San Saba River crosses through the county from west to east.  San Saba is in the eastern half of the county.  San Saba is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 54.4% of the county population.  The county and county seat are pronounced SAN SA-BAU.