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| | Handbook of Texas Online: |
 | | In 1850 Travis County had a population of 3,138, of whom 2,336 were white, 791 were slaves, and eleven were free fls; by 1860 the number of residents had more than doubled to 8,080, with 4,931 of them white, 3,136 slaves, and thirteen free fls. |
 | | The earliest churches in Travis County were the Catholic missions relocated to the area by the Spanish in 1730, but these were moved to San Antonio in 1731, and it was more than a century before any organized religious practices were firmly established. |
 | | The population of Travis County was reported at 576,407 in 1990, an increase of 37 percent from 1980. |
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