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Hutto,TX: In 1876, the town of Hutto was established when the International and Great Northern Railroad was built three miles north of Shiloh.

A small farming community, Shiloh was near the crossroads of FM 135 and FM 139 on the north side of Brushy Creek. The McCutcheon-Shiloh Cemetery is all that remains of the once-thriving town.

In 1848, the year of Williamson County´s founding, Nelson Morey and Josiah Taylor both opened stores in Shiloh. There was a school and a church. Residents included the well-known Juvenal, Kuykendall, Stearns, Smalley, Swindoll and Wilbarger families. A log house stood nearby, built by Adam Orgain, a black man born a slave in 1835.

While constructing the International and Great Northern Railroad, the railroad company also purchased five acres of land for a designated station stop. This created the town of Hutto, which was named after James Emory Hutto, who was born June 8, 1824, in Alabama. Hutto made his way to Texas in 1847 at the age of 23 and served in the Confederate Army for three years.

When the Hutto post office opened on June 27, 1877, officials appointed James E. Hutto postmaster. He became one of the most prosperous cattlemen in the county. He and his wife, Margaret Hughes, also from Alabama, raised eight children. In 1885 they moved to Waco, where James operated a very successful hardware business.

The eldest son of James E. and Margaret Hutto was John R. Hutto, who operated the Hutto gin and farmed. The second son, James E. Hutto, followed in his father´s footsteps and became a very successful cattleman and later, cotton farmer. Other sons ? William T., Charles W., and Robert B. ? were prosperous in both the cattle and cotton industries.


Government: The city is governed by an elected mayor and six-member city council.

Mayor: David F. Begier,  (512) 759-4033

Mayor Pro Tem: Debbie Holland (Place 2), (512) 759-4033

Place 1:  Anne Cano, (512) 759-4033

Place 3: Veronica Quintanilla-Perez, (512) 759-1000
 
Place 4: Michael Smith, (512) 846-1030

Place 5: Melanie Rios, (512) 759-4033

Place 6: Felix Madrid, (512) 759-4033

Services
Police Department:
The department is organized into three divisions - administration, support services and patrol services. Emergency 911, (512) 759-5983

Fire Departement:
Operates separately from the city as an Emergency Services District. Emergency 911, (512)759-2616.

Utilites

Electricity
Ambit Energy: (877) 282-6248
Brilliant Energy: (877) 789-8801
Champion Energy Services: (877) 653-5090
Direct Energy: (888) 305- 3828
Dynowatt: (888) 227-0117
First Choice Power, Inc: (866) 469-2464
Gateway Energy Services: (800) 805-8586
Mega Energy: (866) 687-6342
Oncore Electric: (888) 313-4747
Reliant Energy: (866) 222-7100
Stream Energy: (866) 447-8732

Water & Sewer
City of Hutto: (512) 759-4055

Natural Gas
TXU : (800) 460-3030

Telephone
Residential
AT&T: (800) 220-0300
Budget Prepay: (888) 424-5588
Excel Communication: (877) 668-0808
Global Connection : (877) 511-3009

Cellular
Cingular: (800) 331-0500
Nextel: (512) 352-3313
Sprint: (888) 253-1315
Verizon: (512) 352-5343

Internet Service
Time Warner: (512) 485-5555
AT&T: (866) 722-7500