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Southwestern University 

Southwestern's 700-acre campus is located in historic Georgetown on the edge of the Texas hill country, just north of Austin.  It first opened its doors in Georgetown in 1873 having a colorful past fraught with tales of intrigue, war and a nationally-ranked football team.

http://www.southwestern.edu

"Driving north of Austin on I-35, I always feel as if I've returned to the rest of Texas when I reach Georgetown. Past the sprawl of the capital, though the rip-roaring growth of Round Rock (which looks as if it's been eating its famous doughnuts), I take a deep, if brief, breath of open prairie and wide sky. Then I duck under the shade of Austin Avenue and its vintage homes and emerge onto one of the prettiest squares in Texas."

--Gary D. Ford, Senior Writer Southern Living, November 2005