Editing Stephen F. Austin (section)

==Monuments==
[[File:AustinStateOfficeBuildingAustinTX.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Stephen F. Austin State Office Building]]

[[File:Stephen F. Austin, Texas State Cemetery, Austin, TX IMG 6292.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Stephen F. Austin grave monument at [[Texas State Cemetery]] in [[Austin, Texas]]]]
* [[Sherman, Texas|Sherman]], Texas, is the home of [[Austin College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austincollege.edu/ |title=Austin College: Sherman, Texas |publisher=Austincollege.edu |access-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Nacogdoches, Texas]], is the home of [[Stephen F. Austin State University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfasu.edu |title=Stephen F. Austin State University &#124; College, University in Texas |publisher=Sfasu.edu |access-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref>
* Both [[Austin, Texas]], and [[Austin County, Texas]], are named after Stephen F. Austin.<ref name="co.travis.tx.us">{{cite web|date=November 5, 2011|title=The Official Web Site of Travis County, USA|url=http://www.co.travis.tx.us/|access-date=December 11, 2011|publisher=Co.travis.tx.us}}</ref>
* [[Angleton, Texas]], features a statue of Austin,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbase.com/artichoke/image/53115716 |title=Stephen F Austin statue Clute 02 photo – Artichoke Vinaigrette photos at |publisher=Pbase.com |date=November 27, 2005 |access-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref> sponsored by The Stephen F. Austin 500, sculpted by David Adickes, with a base of 12-feet and a total statue height of 72-feet. The base is 2 feet taller than the base of the Sam Houston statue in Huntsville, Texas, but the statue is 7 feet shorter.
* The [[National Statuary Hall Collection]] permits each state to select just two statues for display at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Texas selected Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin; these statues were sculpted by German immigrant [[Elisabet Ney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasbob.com/travel/tbt_washingtondc.html |title=Texas and the U.S. Capitol Building |publisher=Texasbob.com |access-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Gulf Prairie Cemetery]], his original place of burial.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gulf-prairie.org/Areamuseums.htm |title=Area Museums and Landmarks |publisher=Gulf-prairie.org |access-date=December 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304004115/http://www.gulf-prairie.org/Areamuseums.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2012 }}</ref>
* In 1959, Austin was [[Posthumous recognition|posthumously]] inducted into the [[Hall of Great Westerners]] at the [[National Cowboy Hall of Fame]] in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]].
* In Austinville, [[Virginia]], Austin's birthplace, a monument was erected along the New River near a junction with the [[New River Trail State Park]].
* In [[Bellville, Texas]], the county seat of Austin County, a large bust of Austin by sculptor David Adickes, is located at the intersection of State Highways 36 and 159.
* [[Potosi, Missouri]], a town founded by his father Moses Austin.<ref>{{Cite web |author=State Historical Society of Missouri and State Highway Commission |date=June 24, 2018 |orig-date=1955 |title=Potosi |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=119802 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603121807/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=119802 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |website=THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE}}</ref>