Coupland

History

In 1859, Morgan C. Hamilton bought large tracts of land along Brushy Creek from Shiloh to Rice's Crossing. Hamilton died in 1883, willing the land to his nephew, Theodore Van Buren Coupland. Mr. Coupland sold a 100-ft right-of-way to the Taylor, Bastrop and Austin Railroad in 1887. Two Taylor men subsequently formed the Coupland City Corporation to subdivide and sell land for the newly formed unincorporated community of Coupland. Coupland residents voted overwhelmingly to incorporate on November 6, 2012, the 125th anniversary of its founding. The City of Coupland held its first city council elections on May 13, 2013, with Jack Piper running unopposed for mayor. Williamson County Emergency Services District No. 10 operates as the Coupland VFD. The department was established in 1979 and serves Coupland and the surrounding district.

Geography

Coupland is located at (30.456924, –97.392367), which is just south of the city of Taylor, just east of the city of Pflugerville, and north of the city of Manor. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total land area of 1.926 square miles (4.989 km) and a total water area of 0.026 sq mi (0.067 km).

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,889
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,789
• Great-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  1,683
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,619
• Great Egret

  Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,601
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,338
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  1,149
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,129

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2024-04-02
  4 km SSW of Round Top, Texas
• M 2.9 — 2017-10-20
  5 km W of Flatonia, Texas
• M 2.9 — 2015-09-03
  7 km NNE of Leander, Texas
• M 2.7 — 2007-09-15
  11 km ENE of Milano, Texas