| Round Rock, Texas was founded around the year | | | | miles, a small percentage of which is water. Round |
| 1851 on the banks of a local creek called Brushy | | | | Rock is considered to be a very safe community, and |
| Creek, and the city was named for a large, circular | | | | has been named one of the best communities for |
| rock which was situated in the middle of the creek. | | | | young people by The Alliance for Youth, which |
| Wagon Wheel tracks can still be seen on the rock | | | | attributes this fact to a program called New Horizons, |
| today, and the rock was in the middle of a low water | | | | which encourages students to remain in school and |
| crossing on Brushy Creek, which at the time was part | | | | development the life skills necessary for success. |
| of the famous Chisholm Trail which was used to herd | | | | Along with the Dell Corporation, there are numerous |
| cattle from Texas to Kansas. The town was originally | | | | large employers in the Round Rock area, including |
| called Brushy Creek, but changed its name in 1854 to | | | | Toppan, Sears, and TECO/Westinghouse. The median |
| Round Rock in honor of the rock and the stories | | | | household income in Round Rock is around $70,000, |
| surrounding it. Round rock was the reputed birthplace | | | | and Round Rock has a very diverse population, with |
| of Sam Bass, an infamous train robber of the day, as | | | | roughly 47% of the population having children in the |
| well as Soapy Smith, an old west con man who made | | | | household under the age of 18 and 65% of the |
| Round Rock his home in the mid-1800s. | | | | households including married couples. The median price |
| The city, which has a current population of around | | | | for a house in Round Rock in 2006 was about |
| 75,000 inhabitants, has a rich and colorful history. The | | | | $150,000, and round Rock offers various choices of |
| area northwest of downtown on Sam Bass Road is | | | | accommodations from luxury homes to smaller starter |
| still referred to as "Old Town", a reference to the | | | | homes, as well as apartments, duplexes, and |
| shootout between Sam Bass and the Texas Rangers | | | | condominium projects. |
| in 1878, an event which is re-enacted every year in | | | | The Round Rock School District Schools are also |
| downtown Round Rock during the yearly Frontier | | | | considered excellent, and over 85% of graduating |
| Days festival which is held on the fourth of July. | | | | seniors take the Scholastic Aptitude Test, and the city |
| Round Rock is also known as the Sports Capital of | | | | has an excellent library that offers children's programs |
| Texas, and is home of the Round Rock Express, a | | | | and a summer reading program for kids too. There are |
| minor league baseball team that plays in the Dell | | | | many recreational facilities including the Clay Madsen |
| Diamond, which is a local sports arena and concert | | | | Recreation Center, which includes a 14,000 square foot |
| venue built by the Dell Corporation, which has its | | | | skate park, summer camps and day camps for school |
| corporate headquarters in Round Rock and is one of | | | | students on break. The center also offers swimming |
| Round Rock's most well known employers. | | | | lessons, a game room, and two basketball courts, as |
| Round Rock is about 17 miles north of Austin and 10 | | | | well as a T.V. room for children to safely recreate all |
| miles south of Georgetown, and has around 21,000 | | | | year round. |
| households, and an area of just over 26.3 square | | | | |