Hutto

Located near Shiloh, this area became one of the earliest villages in Williamson County after J. E. Hutto and Adam Orgain, a former slave, settled it in 1855. Hutto sold land for the townsite to the International & Great Northern Railroad in 1876, and a post office was established in 1877 with Hutto as postmaster. By 1882 the town had a school and a Baptist church. By 1898 it had six churches, a Masonic lodge, newspaper, hotel, bank, two gins, and several stores. Hutto grew rapidly after Swedish immigrants turned nearby farms to cotton production, and the town was incorporated in 1911.

Hutto, Texas · United States