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Georgetown was founded in 1848 as the county seat of newly formed Williamson County and was named for George Washington Glasscock, who donated the land for the townsite near the San Gabriel River.

Georgetown's surveyors platted a 52-block grid around its courthouse square, and the city was incorporated in 1866.

Georgetown had a population of 67,176 in the 2020 Census, up from 47,400 in 2010, and explosive growth pushed its estimated population past 106,900 by July 2025.

The US Census Bureau has repeatedly named Georgetown the fastest-growing city in the United States in recent years.

Georgetown has about 35,400 households with an average of 2.37 people per household.

Georgetown is known as the 'Red Poppy Capital of Texas' for the red poppies planted all over the city, which descend from seeds a World War I soldier, Henry Purl 'Okra' Compton, sent home to his mother, and it celebrates them with the Red Poppy Festival every April.

Georgetown's historic downtown is promoted as the 'Most Beautiful Town Square in Texas,' anchored by the Williamson County Courthouse, built in 1911, in a National Register historic district with 46 contributing structures.

Southwestern University, the oldest university in Texas, was founded in 1840 and has been located in Georgetown since 1873, about a half-mile from the square.

Blue Hole Park, a scenic swimming lagoon lined by limestone bluffs on the South San Gabriel River, is one of Georgetown's best-known natural spots.

Inner Space Cavern, a large show cave beneath Georgetown, was opened to the public in 1966.