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| | Handbook of Texas Online: TRAVIS COUNTY |
 | | Austin, the state capital and county seat, is at the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 and U.S. highways 183 and 290, 100 miles southwest of Waco and seventy-five miles northeast of San Antonio. |
 | | 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 population of Travis County was reported at 576,407 in 1990, an increase of 37 percent from 1980. |
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