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The trails of roving Indians crossed these hills settled by German pioneers in 1846. A group of Mormons settled at Zodiac in 1847. Created February 23, 1848; organized June 5, 1848. Named for Richard Addison Gillespie, a Texan from 1837, a defender of the Texas frontier, and Captain in the Mexican War who fell at Monterrey, September 22, 1846. Fredericksburg, the county seat.
Texas Highway Department, 1936.
TX-16, roadside park, 5½ miles SW of Fredericksburg,
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