Austin, Texas: naming agency services for small businesses

Since this website page is about Austin naming, it seems appropriate to talk about the naming of Austin, Texas itself.

Naming Austin didn’t come from some big book of baby names. As with most city naming, to find out from where the Austin name came we need to look into the area’s storied past. In 1837, the Colorado River’s banks brought settlers to an area they had called Waterloo. By 1839, only two short years later, the area was so thriving it became chartered by the Texas Congress. Later, it would become capital of the Republic of Texas. As for the name Austin, that comes to us via Steven Fuller Austin, a former Virginian who helped found the town. Known for its vibrancy and quality of life, its increasing population and popularity, especially among younger Americans, today’s Austin hosts the SXSW (South By Southwest) festival and celebrates its reputation as the live music capital of the world. Name any hot band, any cool, new movie, or even any white-hot technology or app and you can just bet you’ll hear the name Austin at some point in the conversation.