Lee County, Texas
Giddings Real Estate and Local Guide
Giddings is the county seat of Lee County, a small Central Texas town on U.S. 290 and U.S. 77 about 55 miles east of Austin, first settled by German, Wendish, and Jewish families.
Living in Giddings
One of the few Texas towns settled by the Wends, making the Giddings area a center of Wendish heritage in the state. Source: en.wikipedia.org
IncomeAbout $51,397 median household
EducationAbout 13.9% hold a bachelor's or higher
CountyLee County
Homes in Giddings
Single-family homesRoughly 77.2% of the housing stock
Median home valueAbout $192,800
- About 63.6% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied, typical of a small county-seat town.
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Giddings home
Lee County Courthouse
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Richardsonian Romanesque county courthouse completed in 1899 with Texas granite columns
Lee County Heritage Center
Source: texastimetravel.com
Local and regional history museum housed in the 1879 Schubert-Fletcher home
City Meat Market
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Downtown barbecue market rated among Texas Monthly's 50 best barbecue joints
Firemen's Park
Source: giddings.net
Fifty-acre city park with a covered rodeo arena and a working 1915 carousel; hosts the Lee County Fair