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Handbook of Texas Online: (9488 words) |
 | Austin County, in southeastern Texas thirty-five miles west of Houston, is bordered on the north by Washington County, on the east by Waller and Fort Bend counties, on the south by Wharton County, and on the West by Colorado and Fayette counties. |
| Austin County had 1,205 foreign-born residents in 1860; by 1870 that figure had increased 150 percent to 3,010, or 20 percent of the population; the number grew by another 25 percent in the following decade, to 3,752—26 percent of the population. |
| An Austin County chapter of the American Red Cross with branches in ten communities and a membership of more than 2,800 was formed on November 13, 1917, and worked to provide medical and social services to military personnel and their families and relief to poor people. |
| Herbert Austin (714 words) |
| Son of Giles Stephen Austin a Yorkshire Farmer and Clara Jane Simpson. |
| Austin was knighted for his services to the war effort. |
| The size of the engine in the Austin Seven was increased and other refinements such as an electric starter were introduced. |
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