Taylor, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76574. It stands on Bull Branch. The Survey maps it on the Taylor quadrangle. 16,267 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 564 feet above sea level.
On record in Taylor
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 7 records
Preslar-Hewitt Buildinglisted 2003
Taylor National Banklisted 1980
Zidell Houselisted 2009- Dr. James L. Dickey Houselisted 2017
- McFadin Houselisted 1980
- Taylor Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2005
- Taylor High School Campuslisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresTaylor grew from 15,191 to 16,267 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15,191 | |
| 2020 | 16,267 | +1,076 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Taylor between 2009 and 2017, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY LN |
| 22 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N MAIN |
| 16 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 202 SE CARLOS PARKER |
| 11 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARLOS PARKER COMMAND |
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1301 W. SECOND ST. |
| 21 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0000909 |
| 10 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH MAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $250,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts, estimated at 80 mph, that tore the metal roof off a building at Jones and Maresh Streets. Numerous trees were blown down across the town of Taylor. Several businesses sustained roof damage. A private citizen measured 80 mph wind gusts during the storm with an unofficial weather station. The widespread damage to the town, including a brick building downtown, verifies the strong wind report. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $100,000 | Roofs were damaged, with some blown off homes, by severe thunderstorm winds. A mobile home was also damaged by the severe winds. Over 9000 homes were without power in Cedar Park for several hours due to the storm. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $100,000 | Widespread wind damage was reported to trees, outbuildings and to roofs of homes. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $100,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage to roofs and sheds in the area around Taylor during the early morning hours. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Taylor | $80,000 | An NWS cooperative observer reported damage to roofs as well as crop damage due to large hail driven by 40 mph winds. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $50,000 | Power lines and trees were knocked over by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $10,000 | Widespread damage reported across the county to trees and roofs due to the damaging winds. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that downed power lines in Taylor. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Taylor | - | A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail near Taylor High School. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Taylor | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail on the north side of Taylor. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Taylor | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Taylor. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Taylor | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail on the southwest side of Taylor. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | Thunderstorm outflow winds broke tree limbs averaging 3 to 4 inches in diameter, and blew down a power pole. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Taylor | - | One of our media partners relayed a report of a thunderstorm that produced golf ball size hail near Taylor. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Thunderstorms accompanying the cold front moved particularly slowly across Williamson County, with general rain totals of 1 to 2 inches and highest amounts of 4 to 5 inches between Taylor and Bartlett. SH29, FM971, FM972, and FM1331 were closed due to high water. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines between Weir and Taylor. Power was out to over 2000 people for several hours. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Taylor | - | A member of the public spotted a small tornado as it dropped to the ground in open country just northwest of Taylor. The tornado was small and short-lived and caused no known damage. It was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale. |
| November 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Taylor | - | Another small F0 tornado was observed by the Williamson County Sheriffs Department between Taylor and Thrall. It was also photographed by the public. The tornado tracked northeastward across open country. No damage was indicated. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frame Switch | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Wuthrich Hill | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Circleville | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Waterloo | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Noack | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Beyersville | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Thrall | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hoxie | 6.7 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Taylor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981995 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1369631. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





