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==Notable people== * President [[Lyndon Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson]] was born in [[Stonewall, Texas|Stonewall]], in the eastern part of the county. The [[Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park]], which includes much of the former president's ''LBJ Ranch'', is located just outside Stonewall. *[[Joseph Wilson Baines]], Secretary of State of Texas, grandfather of U.S. president Lyndon Baines Johnson. * Admiral [[Chester Nimitz|Chester W. Nimitz]] was born in a house that still stands on Main Street in Fredericksburg. Nimitz, who grew up in Fredericksburg and in nearby [[Kerrville, Texas|Kerrville]], graduated from the [[United States Naval Academy]], rose to the rank of [[Fleet Admiral (U.S.)|Fleet Admiral]] and commanded the Pacific Fleet during [[World War II]]. * [[Betty Holekamp]], German colonist and pioneer, lived on a {{convert|320|acre|km2|adj=on}} parcel near Fredericksburg.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fisher Miller Colony Transfers|url=http://www.glo.texas.gov/cf/land-grant-search/landgrants.cfm?intID=492314|publisher=Texas General Land Office|access-date=May 26, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726070156/http://www.glo.texas.gov/cf/land-grant-search/landgrants.cfm?intID=492314|archive-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> * [[Susan Weddington]], state chairman of the [[Republican Party of Texas]] from 1997 to 2003, retired to Fredericksburg. {{commons category|Gillespie County, Texas}}
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