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Austin was named after Stephen F. Austin, one of the heroes of the Texas Revolutionary War, and one of the presidents of the Republic of Texas back in 1836-45. As best I recall Texas history, the capitol of the Republic at that time was in Houston (named after Sam Houston, another TX. REV. hero), and a new president of the Republic, who did not like Sam Houston at all, had the new capitol built and named after someone else. It's really nice that he did, regardless of his reasoning at the time. Austin is well located, not too far from the center of the state, and in one of the prettiest parts of the state, too.