San Felipe (Tex.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
סן פליפה (טקסס)
Name (Latin)
San Felipe (Tex.)
Other forms of name
nnaa San Felipe, Tex
San Felipe de Austin (Tex.)
St. Phillip (Tex.)
Austin (Austin County, Tex.)
San Felipe (Coahuila and Texas, Mexico)
San Felipe de Austin (Mexico)
St. Phillip (Mexico)
Austin (Mexico)
Villa de Austin (Mexico)
Coordinates
-96.1047 -96.1047 29.7944 29.7944 (gooearth )
W0960603 W0960603 N0294735 N0294735 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 140730529
Wikidata: Q981206
Library of congress: n 81093457
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 29°47ʹ35ʺN 096°06ʹ03ʺW)
  • Kenney, M.M. Hist. & descr. sketch of Austin Co.(Laid off by S.F. Austin in 1823 for the future colonial capital; county seat of Austin County, 1836-1847; always popularly known as San Felipe or St. Phillip, but in public records it was called the town of Austin until the new capital of the Republic was located on the Colorado, when the name and designation as capital were transferred to the latter)
  • Its Ordenanzas mun. para el gob. y manejo interior del Ayuntamiento de la Villa de Austin, 1829.
  • Kenney, M.M. Hist. & descr. sketch of Austin Co.(Laid off by S.F. Austin in 1823 for the future colonial capital; county seat of Austin County, 1836-1847; always popularly known as San Felipe or St. Phillip, but in public records it was called the town of Austin until the new capital of theRepublic was located on the Colorado, when the name and designation as capital were transferred to the latter)
  • Col. Lipp. gaz., 1962(San Felipe, town, Austin Co., on Brazos River; also called San Felipe de Austin)
  • NUC pre-1956(hdg.: Sam Felipe, Tex.; usage with 1832-1836 imprints: Austin, San Felipe, San Felipe de Austin)

Wikipedia description:

San Felipe ( SAN fi-LEEP), also known as San Felipe de Austin, is a town in Austin County, Texas, United States. The town was the social, economic, and political center of the early Stephen F. Austin colony. Its population was 691 at the 2020 census.

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