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The demands of World War II forced the town's industry to diversify, and with the emergence of a manufacturing and light industrial sector, the town began to experience growth. In 1907, the San Marcos Baptist Academy was established, furthering education as an important industry for the town. In 1899, Southwest Texas State Normal School (now known as Texas State University) was established as a teacher's college to meet demand for public school teachers in Texas. In 1866, the Coronal Institute was established as an early private high school. In the decade following the arrival of the International-Great Northern Railroad on September 30, 1880, cattle and cotton provided the basis for the growth of San Marcos as a center for commerce and transportation. The dam powered several mills, including one within present-day Sewell Park. Burleson built a dam on the upper reaches of the river in 1849. Edward Burleson, a hero of the Texas Revolution and former vice president of the Republic of Texas. The town's most notable founder and early settler was Gen.

The town became a center for ginning and milling local agricultural products. In 1851, a town center was laid out about a mile southwest of the headwaters of the river. The Texas Legislature organized Hays County on March 1, 1848, and designated San Marcos as the county seat. In November 1846, the first Anglo-American settlers moved into the vicinity of the San Marcos Springs. The settlers were plagued by floods and Indian raids, and the settlement was abandoned in 1812. In January 1808, a small group of Spanish-Mexican families settled at the Old Bastrop Highway crossing of the river, and named the settlement Villa de San Marcos de Neve. Mark the Evangelist the river was thus named the San Marcos. De León's party reached the river on April 25, the feast day of St. De León's party helped blaze the Camino Real (later known as the Old San Antonio Road), which followed present-day Hunter Road, Hopkins Street, and Aquarena Springs Drive (the route later shifted four miles to the south it is now followed by County Road 266, known locally as Old Bastrop Highway). In 1689, Spaniard Alonso de León led an expedition from Mexico to explore Texas and establish missions and presidios in the region. Never in recorded history has the river run dry.

The San Marcos Springs are the third-largest collection of springs in Texas. History Īrcheologists have found evidence at the San Marcos River associated with the Clovis culture, which suggests that the river has been the site of human habitation for more than 10,000 years. In December 2013, it was named number nine on Business Insider 's list of the "10 Most Exciting Small Cities In America". In 20, the United States Census Bureau named it the fastest-growing city in the United States. In 2010, San Marcos was listed in Business Week 's fourth annual survey of the "Best Places to Raise your Kids". San Marcos is home to Texas State University and the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. Its population was 44,894 at the 2010 census and 67,553 at the 2020 census.įounded on the banks of the San Marcos River, the area is thought to be among the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the Americas. San Marcos is on the Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio.

San Marcos's limits extend into Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties, as well. The city is a part of the Greater Austin Metropolitan Area. San Marcos ( / ˌ s æ n ˈ m ɑːr k ə s/) is a city and the county seat of Hays County, Texas, United States.