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Hays County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its official population had reached 157,107.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48209.html )〕 The county seat is San Marcos.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county is named for John Coffee Hays, a Texas Ranger and Mexican–American War officer. Hays County is part of the Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== *6000 BC Paleo-Indians were the first inhabitants. *Archeological evidence at Timmeron site indicated the Tonkawa tribe was involved in agriculture around 1200 AD.〔 *Father Isidro Félix de Espinosa, Father Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares, and Pedro de Aguirre were in an expedition in the area in 1709. *French-Canadian explorer Louis Juchereau de St. Denis was attacked by Comanches in 1714. *In 1755, Mission San Francisco Xavier de los Dolores was established among the Apache tribe. *In 1831, Coahuila y Tejas issued a land grant to Juan Martín de Veramendi, to Juan Vicente Campos in 1832,〔 and to Thomas Jefferson Chambers in 1834.〔 *The Mexican government issued a land grant to the first Anglo-American settler in the county, Thomas G. McGhee of Tennessee in 1835.〔 *On March 1, 1848, the legislature formed Hays County from Travis County. The county is named for Tennessee transplant Captain John Coffee Hays of the Texas Rangers. San Marcos was named as the county seat. *The legislature established Blanco from part of Hays in 1858, but incorporated part of Comal into Hays. Risher and Hall Stage Lines controls 16 of 31 passenger and mail lines in Texas.〔 *In 1861, voters in the county favored secession from the Union.〔 *The legislature transferred more of Comal County to Hays County in 1862.〔 *In 1867, the first cattle drive from Hays County to Kansas occurred.〔 *International-Great Northern Railroad was completed from Austin to San Marcos in 1880.〔 *Camp Ben McCulloch, named after a brigadier general, was organized in 1896 for reunions of United Confederate Veterans. *A teacher’s college, Southwest Texas State Normal School, was established in San Marcos in 1899.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.txstate.edu/about/index.html )〕 *Wonder Cave opened to the public in 1900.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wonderworldpark.com/ )〕 *The current Hays County Courthouse in San Marcos was erected in 1908. Beaux-Arts style by Architect C.H. Page & Bros. *The Aquarena Springs tourist site opened in 1928 in San Marcos.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aquarena.txstate.edu/l )〕 *Lyndon Baines Johnson graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1930. *In 1942, construction of San Marcos Army Air Field began. *San Marcos Army Air Field was renamed Gary Air Force Base in 1953 to honor Second Lieutenant Arthur Edward Gary, the first San Marcos resident killed in World War II.〔 *The state legislature resurveyed the Hays and Travis County lines, adding to Hays County in 1955.〔 *In 1964, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson announced the establishment of a Job Corps center based at the deactivated Gary Air Force Base. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hays County, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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