Florence (Florence)
Florence is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,171 at the 2020 census. Since 2000, the territorial limits of Florence has grown by 8%. Florence is located about 13 mi north from Georgetown and 40 mi north of Austin in northwestern Williamson County. Florence is part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
The site was settled in the early 1850s and briefly called Brooksville. By 1857 it was known as Florence, when its first post office was established.
Florence, a significant cotton processing center, was the original destination of the Bartlett-Florence Railway, later the Bartlett Western Railroad, which ran from a connection at Bartlett, Texas with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad to Florence. However, that line, started in 1909, was abandoned in 1935.
The site was settled in the early 1850s and briefly called Brooksville. By 1857 it was known as Florence, when its first post office was established.
Florence, a significant cotton processing center, was the original destination of the Bartlett-Florence Railway, later the Bartlett Western Railroad, which ran from a connection at Bartlett, Texas with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad to Florence. However, that line, started in 1909, was abandoned in 1935.
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