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Brady is the county seat of McCulloch County and calls itself the 'Heart of Texas' because it is the city closest to the geographic center of the state, which lies about 15 miles northeast of town.

Brady was first settled in the 1870s and named Brady City after Brady Creek, which runs through town; the name was shortened to Brady when the town incorporated in 1906.

Henry and Nancy Fulcher, the first settlers on Brady Creek, donated the land for the Brady townsite in the mid-1870s, and a post office opened in 1876.

Brady was chosen as the McCulloch County seat on May 15, 1876, and a stone courthouse was completed in town in 1878.

Brady's population peaked at about 6,800 in 1958, before the railroads began abandoning their lines through town in 1959 and 1972.

Brady had 5,118 residents at the 2020 census.

Recent Census Bureau survey estimates count roughly 2,280 households in Brady, averaging about 2.25 people per household.

About 20% of Brady's total area is water, largely Brady Lake (Brady Reservoir), which was completed in 1963 for flood control, municipal and industrial water supply, and recreation.

Curtis Field, just north of Brady, opened in 1942 as a World War II pilot-training school.

Brady is served by the Brady Independent School District.