   travis county is a county located in south central texas. as of the 2010 census, the population was 1,024,266, making it the fifth-most populous county in texas. its county seat is austin, the capital of texas. the county is named in honor of william barret travis, the commander of the republic of texas forces at the battle of the alamo. travis county is part of the austin-round rock, tx metropolitan statistical area. it is located along the balcones fault, the boundary between the edwards plateau to the west and the blackland prairie to the east. ==history== thumb|right|travis county justice complex thumb|ned granger administration building in austin  *8000 b.c. early native american inhabitants include tonkawa, lipan apache, comanche, kiowa.handbook of texas, travis county *1519-1685 hernando cortez and alonso Ãlvarez de pineda claim texas for spain. *1685-1690 france plants its flag on texas soil, but departs after only five years.the six national flags of texas *1691 domingo terÃ¡n de los rÃ­os makes an inspection tour for spain to east texas. *1730 the spanish relocate missions of san francisco de los neches, nuestra seÃ±ora de la purÃ­sima concepciÃ³n de los hasinai, and san josÃ© de los nazonis near barton springs.texas historical markers, barton springs *1821 mexico claims its independence from spain. anglos from the north settle in texas and claim mexican citizenship. 
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