Georgetown’s Black community rose mightily from its beginnings in slavery to a thriving business district to a neighborhood working to keep their community vibrant.

Learn how Hispanic people grew San Jose and other neighborhoods into wonderful communities and continue to contribute to our rich Georgetown cultural life.

Discover fascinating history about people and places in Georgetown and around Williamson County with these awesome books and online sites.

Never heard of North Old Town? It has been here all along in a quiet neighborhood north of the river, and has a history as long and storied as neighborhoods south of the river.

Women have always taken care of business in Georgetown, from working side-by-side with husbands, owning their own, or running an informal enterprise. Check ‘em out!

What could be better for a community than a community library? Find out who made our city library happen, and meet some women who’ve brought us awesome bookstores, too.

The first peoples who lived in what would become Georgetown were the Tonkawas, Lipan Apaches, Comanches, Jumanos, and others. Learn more about their lives as they were forced out of their homes. AND see how Native Americans thrive in Georgetown, Texas, and beyond!

Georgetown women kept our town and its citizens healthy and safe, and brought us libraries, art, music and more. And they preserved our cultural and natural resources.

Georgetown’s “Most Beautiful Town Square in Texas” wasn’t always beautiful. Meet the ladies who rescued the Square from hard times and neglect!

Journey with Jessie from east Texas to Georgetown school days to college to marriage.

Follow Jessie with the women of Williamson County as they seek the vote and fight for better communities.

As founder of the Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, Jessie organized hundreds of southern women to fight racial violence.

Women have been sharing the fruits of their education and talents and generosity with Southwestern University since they were admitted to the former all-male school in 1878. Meet some awesome SU sisters!

What could be more fundamental to the wellbeing of a community than education? Meet some of the many much-appreciated educators who made Georgetown flourish through learning. Here’s Part 1; check out Part 2 as well.

Georgetown teachers educated all of our children, excelling despite imposing challenges of discrimination and poor school and teacher funding. Come see where little-known Georgetown schools kept our kids learning!

“Cowboys” doesn’t tell the whole story! Learn more about the women and people of color who were—and are—part of our rich agricultural heritage.

From Fiesta to the Red Poppy Festival to Juneteenth to the olden days of Chautauqua and May Fête, Georgetown loves to celebrate!