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Weir is a small city in Williamson County, Texas, about six miles northeast of Georgetown and roughly 30 miles north of Austin.

Weir is named for Thomas Calvin Weir, a Tennessee native who settled in the area in 1856 and became a prosperous farmer; his son Horace M. Weir was the town's first postmaster.

The town was officially established in 1903 after the Georgetown and Granger Railroad came through in 1893 and bypassing nearby Townsville (Towns Mill), whose residents and post office then moved to Weir.

In the early 1900s the Katy railroad's Katy Lake Resort at Towns Mill Dam on the San Gabriel River drew tourists to the area, until a flood in 1913 damaged the resort and local businesses.

Weir's population peaked at about 300 in 1930, then fell to around 100 by 1968 after drought, World War I and the Great Depression.

Weir was not incorporated as a city until 1987, following voter approval.

Weir had a population of 699 at the 2020 census, up from 591 people in 216 households at the 2000 census.

The city covers just 1.6 square miles of land at the intersection of Farm Roads 971 and 1105 in central Williamson County.

Weir is served by the Georgetown Independent School District, so its students attend schools in neighboring Georgetown.