Waterloo, Texas
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Waterloo, Texas, was a town in Williamson County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located at .
In the early 19th century there were various Anglo American settlements along the Lower Colorado River in Travis County. In 1835, Jacob Harrell and his family left one of these early settlements and set up a camp in a new location. It was near the present site of the Congress Avenue bridge. This camp is the first documented settlement of the area that would come to be known as Austin.
Fun facts
Waterloo was the original name for the city of Austin.
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