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Lampasas is the county seat of Lampasas County, sitting on Sulphur Creek at the crossroads of U.S. Highways 183, 281, and 190 at the northeastern edge of the Texas Hill Country.

The town began as Burleson, laid out in July 1855 on land John Burleson received for his service in the Texas Revolution; when Lampasas County was created on February 1, 1856, the town became the county seat and took the name Lampasas.

Lampasas grew up around seven mineral springs, including Hancock Springs, whose waters Native American tribes visited on yearly pilgrimages long before Anglo settlement.

Settler Moses Hughes brought his ailing wife Hannah to the springs in 1853, and her recovery in the mineral waters made Lampasas famous as a health resort — soon nicknamed the "Saratoga of the South."

When the railroad arrived in 1882, Lampasas boomed as the line's western terminus: railroad officials built the grand Park Hotel near Hancock Springs and ran a mule-drawn streetcar between the springs and the depot.

Hancock Springs Park in Lampasas is home to spring-fed bathing pools dating to 1883, promoted as the oldest spring-fed pools in Texas.

The Lampasas County Courthouse, completed in 1884, is one of the oldest courthouses in Texas still serving county government and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

A devastating Mother's Day flood in 1957 sent Sulphur Creek through downtown Lampasas, killing five people and destroying many homes and businesses, after which levees and reservoirs were built to protect the town.

Lampasas counted 7,291 residents at the 2020 census, with about 2,873 households and roughly 63.5% of homes owner-occupied.

Every July since 1972, Lampasas has celebrated its springs heritage with Spring Ho, a weeklong festival.