How Austin's most iconic neighborhoods got their names
What’s in a name? For Austin, our name is a way of life. With “Keep Austin Weird” splattered on car bumpers, T-shirts and the like, it’s hard to imagine that the capital of the Lone Star State was almost named Waterloo. In 1839, the city was officially chartered as Austin, named for Texas' founding father Stephen F. Austin, ushering in the development of a city chock-full of neighborhoods paying homage to everything from historical figures and the local flora and fauna.
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