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Adjacent counties Mason County – northwest Llano County – northeast Blanco County – east
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Kendall County – south Kerr County – southwest Kimble County – west
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Major highways Interstate 10 U.S. Highway 87 U.S. Highway 290 State Highway 16
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Ranch to Market Road 783
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National protected area Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park (part) Demographics
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2020 census
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Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from
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the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any
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race.
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2000 Census
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As of the census of 2000, 20,814 people resided in the county, organized into 8,521 households, and
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6,083 families. The population density was 20 people per square mile (8/km2). The 9,902 housing
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units averaged nine per square mile (four per km2). The racial makeup of the county was 92.82%
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White, 0.33% Native American, 0.21% Black or African American, 0.18% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander,
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5.27% from other races and 1.18% from two or more races. About 15.90% of the population was
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Hispanic or Latino of any race. In terms of ancestry, 40.8% were of German, 10.3% were of English,
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10.0% were of Irish, 6.0% were of American, 3.1% were of Scotch-Irish, 2.5% were of Scottish,2.5%
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were of French. In 1990, about 3,000 speakers of Texas German were in Gillespie and Kendall
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Counties, but this is believed to have declined since.
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Of the 8,521 households, 25.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.10% were
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married couples living together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60%
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were not families. About 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.20% had
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someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the
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average family size was 2.84.
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In the county, the population was distributed as 21.60% under the age of 18, 5.50% from 18 to 24,
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21.20% from 25 to 44, 26.20% from 45 to 64, and 25.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The
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median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.70 males. For every 100 females age
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18 and over, there were 88.10 males.
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The median income for a household in the county was $38,109, and for a family was $45,315. Males
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had a median income of $26,675 versus $20,918 for females. The per capita income for the county was
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$20,423, and 10.20% of the population and 7.10% of families were below the poverty line. Of the
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total population, 13.40% of those under the age of 18 and 9.90% of those 65 and older were living
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below the poverty line.
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Politics
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Gillespie County is part of the 21st District in the United States House of Representatives,
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represented by Republican Chip Roy, the 25th district of the Texas State Senate, represented by
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Republican Donna Campbell, and the 73rd District of the Texas House of Representatives and is
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represented by Republican Kyle Biedermann.
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The county is something of an aberration in that it is a historically Republican county in a state
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that was overwhelmingly Democratic up until recent decades. This is largely due to the heavily
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German American heritage of the county and that Gillespie was the centre of Texas’ small Unionist
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movement during the Civil War. Most Texas Germans acquiesced to secession, but Fredericksburg was
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still self-sufficient and sold surplus food to the army.
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Gillespie County has been won by Republicans in every election since 1896 with only a handful of
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exceptions. Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party won the county in 1912 (but carried no other
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counties in the state). In 1924, it was one of only two Texas counties won by Progressive candidate
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Robert M. La Follette. Gillespie County has backed a Democratic nominee only twice since the 19th
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century: in 1932 and 1964, both of which were landslide victories for the party, and the latter
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being for county native Lyndon Johnson. No Democrat since Jimmy Carter in 1976 has received so much
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as 22 percent of the county's vote.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt won the county by almost 60 percentage points in 1932, despite the county's
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massive Republican lean. At his fourth and final election in 1944, he received less than one-tenth
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of its vote - a decline of more than 70 percentage points from his first election result in the
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county.
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Communities City Fredericksburg (county seat) Census-designated places Harper Stonewall
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Unincorporated communities
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Blumenthal Cave Creek Cherry Spring Crabapple Doss Grapetown Luckenbach Rheingold
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Tivydale Willow City Wrede
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Ghost towns Albert Cain City Eckert Morris Ranch Pedernales Zodiac
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Notable residents
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President Lyndon B. Johnson was born in Stonewall, in the eastern part of the county. The Lyndon
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B. Johnson National Historical Park, which includes much of the former president's LBJ Ranch, is
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located just outside Stonewall.
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Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was born in a house that still stands on Main Street in Fredericksburg.
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Nimitz, who grew up in Fredericksburg and in nearby Kerrville, graduated from the United States
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Naval Academy, rose to the rank of Fleet Admiral and commanded the Pacific War during World War II.
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Betty Holekamp, German colonist and pioneer, lived on a parcel near Fredericksburg.
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Susan Weddington, state chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 1997 to 2003, retired to
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Fredericksburg.
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See also
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Adelsverein German Texan Der Stadt Friedhof Fredericksburg Memorial Library
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History of Fredericksburg, Texas Gillespie County Historical Society
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List of museums in Central Texas Lower South Grape Creek School
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National Register of Historic Places Listings in Gillespie County, Texas
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Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Gillespie County Zion Lutheran Church
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References Further reading
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External links Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey (Gillespie Co)
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Gillespie County at Handbook of Texas Online
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1848 establishments in Texas Populated places established in 1848 German-American history
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Texas Hill Country
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Michael Giacchino (; born October 10, 1967) is an American composer of music for films, television
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and video games. He has received many awards, including an Oscar, an Emmy, and three Grammys.
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Giacchino is known for his collaborations with J. J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Matt Reeves, Pete Docter,
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Colin Trevorrow, Jon Watts, Drew Goddard, The Wachowskis, Taika Waititi and Thomas Bezucha.
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Giacchino's film scores include several films from the Mission: Impossible, Jurassic Park, Marvel
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Cinematic Universe, and Star Trek reboot series; seven Pixar Animation Studios films, including The
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Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Up; also other movies including Super 8, Speed Racer, Dawn of the
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Planet of the Apes, Zootopia, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, War for the Planet of the Apes, Bad
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Times at the El Royale; and the upcoming films The Batman, Jurassic World Dominion, and Thor: Love
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and Thunder.
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Giacchino also composed the score for the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and the
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television series Alias, Lost, and Fringe.
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Early life
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Giacchino was born in Riverside Township, New Jersey. His father's ancestors were Italians, coming
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from Sicily, and his mother's ancestors emigrated from Abruzzo in the center of Italy. Giacchino
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grew up in Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Holy Cross High School in Delran
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Township, New Jersey in 1986. He holds dual American and Italian citizenship. His brother Anthony
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Giacchino is a documentary filmmaker.
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Giacchino began combining images and music at age 10, when he began creating stop-motion animation
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with homemade soundtracks in his basement. While in high school, an art teacher who mentored