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Applications Accepted for Historical Commission Appointees

Applications Accepted for Historical Commission Appointees
Posted: Sep 16, 2022
Categories: Alerts, PIO
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Author: Connie Odom

Williamson County currently has openings for appointments to the Williamson County Historical Commission (WCHC).  The WCHC is designated to coordinate and supervise historic preservation under the direction of the Williamson County Commissioners Court. The purpose of the WCHC is to preserve, protect, and promote history within the county.

The Commission meets monthly, and the various committees are actively working.  An example committee is the award-winning cemetery committee.  Its volunteers concentrate on keeping up neglected or abandoned cemeteries on a rotating basis.  Volunteers right, level and restore monuments and tombstones and clear brush and weeds, and in some cases, conduct activities such as re-laying the fifty-foot marble wall at a Rice’s Crossing cemetery.  Information about Williamson’s cemeteries can be found on the WCHC website https://wilcohistory.org/. 

WCHC’s website contains a wide variety of entries.  A few of the topics:  historical markers, photos of pioneers, Chisholm Trail drives, old bridges, and the 13,000-year-old Gault archaeological site, consistently occupied during the pre-historic era and under current excavation.  Also, the WCHC posts on the website oral histories which the Oral History Committee collects by recording the lives and stories of residents in the county.
 
The WCHC raises funds by sponsoring historical presentations. Recent topics include the Wild West, early railroads and the introduction of women’s voting rights.
 
The WCHC is composed of at least seven Williamson County residents who have demonstrated an interest in the preservation of Williamson County’s historical heritage and preferably live in Williamson County.  Individuals wishing to serve on the WCHC should fill out an application and submit it to their Williamson County precinct commissioner or the county judge. Voting members must be 18 years of age or older. Applications and a copy of the WCHC by-laws are available on the website www.wilco.org under Commissioners Court under Historical Commission Applications or at this link.

The County will be accepting applications for membership in the WCHC until the positions are filled.  The applications will be reviewed, and the Commissioners Court members will be appointing individuals to the board to begin serving two-year terms beginning early in 2023. Meetings are held on afternoons monthly and activities often occur during daytime working hours, so it is important that prospective appointees have flexible schedules.
 
For more information or to submit an application, contact the precinct commissioners’ offices or County Judge’s Office listed here and below. 

County Judge Bill Gravell
710 S. Main Street, Ste. 101, 
Georgetown, TX 78626
512-943-1550

Precinct 1 Commissioner Terry Cook
1801 E. Old Settlers Blvd., 
Round Rock, TX 78664
512-244-8610
 
Precinct 2 Commissioner Cynthia Long
350 Discovery Blvd., Ste. 201
Cedar Park, TX 78613
512-260-4280 

Precinct 3 Commissioner Valerie Covey
100 Wilco Way, CO201
Georgetown, TX 78626
512-943-3370

Precinct 4 Commissioner Russ Boles
3001 Joe DiMaggio Blvd., Unit 1300,
Round Rock, TX 78665
512-943-3761

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