Category:North America/United States of America/Texas/San Marcos/

Coordinates: 29°52′46″N 97°56′20″W 29.87944, -97.93889

San Marcos

San Marcos is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the county seat of Hays County. San Marcos is located on the Interstate 35 corridor, between Austin and San Antonio. Founded on the banks of the San Marcos River, the area is considered to be among the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the Northern Hemisphere. San Marcos is home to Texas State University-San Marcos, and the Aquarena Center . The population was 50,371 in 2008.Although the majority of San Marcos lies in Hays County, small portions of the city extend into neighboring Caldwell and Guadalupe counties. While the Hays and Caldwell county portions are part of the AustinRound Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area, the small portion in Guadalupe County is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.^[1]

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