Austin - Place names, People, Other

30°17N 97°45W, pop (2000e) 656 600. Capital of state in Travis Co, SC Texas, USA, on the Colorado R; settled, 1835; capital of the Republic of Texas, 1838; Texas government moved to Houston (1842) for fear of marauding Mexicans and Indians; returned in 1845 when Texas joined the Union; airfield; railway; two universities (1876, 1881); commercial centre for an extensive agricultural region; electronic and scientific research; tourism; Aqua Festival (Aug); famous for its moonlight tower lights, since 1895; underwent remarkable growth during the economic boom of the 1980s.

Austin, may refer to:

Place names

Austin, Texas Austin Flat, British Columbia Austin Heights, British Columbia Austin, Manitoba Austin, Minnesota Austin, Nevada Austin, Ontario Austin, Quebec Austin Subdivision No 1, British Columbia Austin Subdivision No 2, British Columbia Austin Road, Hong Kong

People

Austin Powers, a fictional movie spy Henry Austin, American baseball player Herbert Austin, Sir Herbert Austin, founder of the Austin Motor Company John Austin (legal philosophy) J. Austin, philosopher John Arnold Austin, United States Navy warrant officer Ned Austin, American character actor Phil Austin, member of the Firesign Theatre Sherrie Austin, musician Stephen F.

Other

Austin College, a college in Sherman, Texas Austin Motor Company, a British car manufacturer American Austin Car Company, a short lived United States make of automobile Austin, a brand owned by the Kellogg Company USS Austin, a sloop-of-war (originally in the Texas Navy) USS Austin (DE-15), a destroyer escort USS Austin (LPD-4), an amphibious transport dock Austin elementary school

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