Georgetown is a city in Texas and the county seat of Williamson County, Texas, United States, with a population of 47,400 at the 2010 census and a population of 79,604 at the 2019 census estimate. Georgetown is the 7th fastest growing city in the US as of May 14, 2019. It is 30 miles (48 km) north of Austin. 
Founded in 1875 from four existing colleges, the oldest of which had been founded 35 years earlier, Southwestern University is the oldest university in Texas. It is in Georgetown about one-half mile from the historic square.
Georgetown has a notable range of Victorian commercial and residential architecture. In 1976, a local historic ordinance was passed to recognize and protect the significance of the historic central business district. In 1977, the Williamson County Courthouse Historical District, containing some 46 contributing structures, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Georgetown is also known as the "Red Poppy" Capital of Texas for the red poppy (Papaver rhoeas) wildflowers planted throughout the city. Georgetown's Red Poppy Festival, which attracts up to 30,000 visitors annually, is held in April each year on the historic square.


Georgetown has been the site of human habitation since at least 9,000 BC. The earliest known inhabitants of the county, during the late Pleistocene (Ice Age), can be linked to Clovis culture and era; they are considered to be paleo-indians. After this came an abundance of Archaic period hunter-gatherers, who are also linked to both early Paleoindian cultures as well as tool making techniques dating from as much as 10–15 thousand years ago.

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