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Leander was established in 1882 on land sold by the Austin and Northwestern Railroad Co. to prospective citizens.  The town was named in honor of Leander "Catfish" Brown, one of the railroad officials responsible for the completion of the line.  In 1836, a company of Texas Rangers established Tumlinson Fort, the first Anglo-American post in Williamson County.

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It was near Leander that the Leanderthal Lady, a skeleton dating back 10,000 to 13,000 years, was discovered.  The site is one of the earliest intact burials found in the United States.

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Leander lies on the northeast edge of Texas’s Hill Country, roughly ten miles due west of Interstate 35 on US 183, just north of Austin TX.  Since 2000, the community has grown from 7,600 residents to more than 30,000 in 2010.  This makes Leander the 37th fastest-growing city in the United States.  Affordability and quality schools have been the historical drivers for the community’s growth.  Single-family residential homes run the gamut from first-time to executive styled living.  Over the past decade, the city has committed itself to knowing that change is inevitable, so it matters what you do with it.  The civic and business leadership collaborated on the community’s future.  Leander’s two award-winning land planning initiatives have provided a framework for sustainable development.  They built a community that lives, works and plays together.

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--Information courtesy of Wikipedia and https://www.leandertx.gov/ 

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