| Pflugerville, Texas, a suburb of Austin, located in Travis | | | | just outside of Pflugerville and as a result over the |
| and Williamson counties was founded in the 1800s. It | | | | next two decades the population of Pflugerville |
| went through periods of growth, rapid decline, and | | | | doubled from 250 to 500. During this time, Pflugerville |
| finally resurgence. It successfully fought annexation | | | | built a thriving Main Street, despite the fact that most |
| from Austin and is now its own municipality and suburb. | | | | residents did the majority of their business and |
| The namesake of the town, Henry Pfluger, Senior, | | | | shopping in the town of Round Rock, located 8 miles |
| was a German immigrant and one-time wealthy | | | | to the northwest. |
| farmer. However, while still in Germany, Pflueger lost | | | | The railroad attracted a lot of businesses to the area, |
| his fortune and found himself in financial ruin. The | | | | which in turn attracted a lot more settlers. The first |
| Prussian War caused all of Pflueger's land to be taken | | | | business to land in the area was a steam powered |
| from him. Pflueger fled Germany and immigrated to | | | | cotton gin which attracted cotton farmers from around |
| the Texas area. With his final $1600 he purchased 160 | | | | the county. Later an ice factory was built beside the |
| acres of land 2 miles east of Austin. He and his family | | | | cotton gin and in 1913 the Skye Dome Theatre was |
| stayed on this land for a few years and in 1849 he | | | | built in the town. The theater played silent movies, |
| traded the land for larger plot about 5 miles east of | | | | accompanied by a piano player. |
| what is now Pflugerville. There, he and his family built a | | | | The depression and World War II caused a sharp |
| five room log cabin and started farming. | | | | decline in population in Pflugerville, as many left for |
| It was not until after the Civil War that Pflugerville | | | | bigger cities in the attempt to find work. After World |
| would start to find settlers. Another family, headed by | | | | War II the population fell back to a level of only 250 |
| William Bohls, followed the Pfluegers and built a house | | | | people. It was not until the 1960s that Pflugerville would |
| on the neighboring property. The Bohls family opened a | | | | find its resurgence. In 1965 the town was incorporated |
| general store and a post office in their home and | | | | and had a population of 750 people. This number |
| named a post office after Pflueger. Shortly thereafter, | | | | would slowly grow until the population boom felt in |
| a Lutheran church and a small community school | | | | Austin in the 70s had its effect here as well. Since |
| opened and residents started pouring in. | | | | then, Pflugerville has thrived as a suburb of Austin and |
| In 1904, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad completed | | | | by 2000 its population had skyrocketed to over 11,000 |
| a line between Austin and Georgetown. This line ran | | | | people. |