Lockhart, Texas Lockhart, Texas Location of Lockhart, Texas Location of Lockhart, Texas State Texas A view of downtown Lockhart First Lockhart National Bank building athwart from the county courthouse Lockhart is a town/city in Caldwell County, Texas, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Caldwell County.
According to the 2010 census the populace of Lockhart was 12,698. Lockhart and Caldwell County are inside the Austin-Round Rock urbane area. 6 Movies shot in Lockhart 9 Location from Lockhart Another view of downtown Lockhart The town/city of Lockhart is titled after Byrd Lockhart, an assistant surveyor of Green De - Witt and reportedly the first Anglo to set foot in Caldwell County.
Lockhart was the site of a victory of the Texans over the Comanche, at the Battle of Plum Creek in 1840.
Lockhart was originally called "Plum Creek" but the name was later changed to Lockhart.
Following the arrival of the barns , various immigrants appeared in Lockhart and opened various businesses.
Lockhart has a several claims to fame.
In 1999, the Texas Legislature proclaimed Lockhart the "Barbecue Capital of Texas"; Lockhart has four primary barbecue restaurants.
Lockhart was also the subject of an article by the architectural historian and critic Colin Rowe, first presented in Architectural Record in 1957, and republished in the compilation of his writings As I Was Saying (1996).
Rowe sees Lockhart as a "curiously eloquent" example of a Victorian post-frontier American town.
Lockhart has played host to many film sets, as this quaint small town is positioned just 30 miles (48 km) south of Austin.
The 1996 Christopher Guest comedy film Waiting for Guffman and the 1993 drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape were filmed partly in Lockhart, including the historic courthouse and the town square.
Lockhart is positioned at 29 52 55 N 97 40 34 W (29.881870, 97.676040). Located near central Texas, Lockhart is 30 miles (48 km) south of downtown Austin on U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.6 square miles (40.4 km2), of which 15.6 square miles (40.3 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.14%, is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 65.42% White, 12.68% African American, 0.67% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 18.00% from other competitions, and 2.82% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $36,762, and the median income for a family was $41,111.
Lockhart is served by a seven-person town/city council.
City Council District 1 Juan Mendoza City Council District 2 John Castillo City Council District 3 Benny Hilburn City Council District 4 Jeffry Michelson Lockhart is served by the Lockhart Independent School District and is home to the Lockhart High School Lions.
John Cyrier, state representative for District 17; Lockhart native Destinations from Lockhart via Texas State Highway 71 to Highway 87 in Brady, Texas Austin via Texas State Highway 71 Lockhart Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Lockhart First United Methodist Church of Lockhart Entrance to Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches in downtown Lockhart United States Post Office in Lockhart, constructed with New Deal funds in 1936.
2016 Lockhart hot air balloon crash a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): Lockhart city, Texas".
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