Blanco
Blanco is on U.S. Highway 281 twelve miles south of Johnson City in south central Blanco County. In 1853 pioneer stockmen built cabins along the Blanco River near the present site of the town and prepared to defend themselves against Indian attack. In 1854 the operators of the Pittsburgh Land Company, including Gen. John D. Pitts, A. M. Lindsey, F. W. Chandler, William E. Jones, and Capt. James H. Callahan, purchased the league granted to Horace Eggleston by the government of Coahuila and Texas in 1835. They laid out the town of Pittsburgh, named for General Pitts, across the river from the site of future Blanco. That same year a Methodist church was organized by circuit rider Daniel Rawls. The congregation met in a log cabin built to withstand Indian raids, which also served as a school. The Twin Sisters Masonic Lodge, organized at Curry's Creek perhaps as early as 1856, moved to Pittsburgh around 1857.
Adapted from the official Handbook of Texas, a state encyclopedia developed by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). It is an authoritative source of trusted historical records.
Bessie Brigham | © Texas State Historical Association
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Place type
Blanco is classified as a Town
Associated Names
- (New Pittsburg[h])
Locations
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- Latitude
- 30.09817330
- Longitude
- -98.42224800
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Population Counts
Blanco
Pop. | Year | Source |
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1,682 | 2020 | United States Census Bureau |
2,052 | 2019 | Texas Demographic Center |
1,739 | 2010 | United States Census Bureau |
1,505 | 2000 | United States Census Bureau |
1,238 | 1990 | United States Census Bureau |