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San Felipe de Austin was established on the south side of the Brazos River in 1823 by Stephen F. Austin, who initially brought 297 families, the Old Three Hundred, under a contract with the Mexican Government. [3] The town's notable early inhabitants included Noah Smithwick and Horatio Chriesman. By 1830, the town had a population of about 200 ...
San Felipe (/ ˌ s æ n f ɪ ˈ l iː p / 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. The population was 691 at the 2020 census. [5]
The land that makes up the site was deeded to the state by the San Felipe de Austin Corporation in 1940, and the park was opened to the public the same year. [2] 12 acres (4.9 ha) of the park are set aside as the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site to honor the area's past. This was the site of the township of San Felipe, the seat of ...
The 200th anniversary of the town was celebrated at the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site in 2023. The tricentennial of the Alamo's move to its current site will be celebrated in 2024.
On October 1, 1832, 55 delegates met in San Felipe de Austin; [17] attendance may have been diminished due to the short notice. [18] The gathering marked the first time residents from each of the colonies had convened to discuss common goals. [17] The convention was called to order by John Austin, one of the alcaldes of San Felipe de Austin. [19]
October 11, 2016 (15945 FM 1458: San Felipe: State Historic Site: 9: Wesley Brethren Church: Wesley Brethren Church: January 18, 1979 (S of Wesley: Wesley: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; Churches with Decorative Interior Painting TR
Angelina Eberly, the hero of the Archives War in Austin — there is a statue of her on Congress Avenue — and an innkeeper at San Felipe de Austin, is buried here. She died in 1860.
The Convention of 1833 was called to order on April 1, 1833, in San Felipe de Austin. By coincidence, on that day, Santa Anna was inaugurated as the new President of Mexico. [17] Delegates elected William H. Wharton, a "known hothead," as president of the convention [18] who had lost his bid to be president of the previous convention.