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Pflugerville (\/\u02c8flu\u02d0\u0261\u0259rv\u026al\/ FLOO-g\u0259r-vil) is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States, with a small portion in Williamson County. The population was 65,191 at the 2020 census. Pflugerville is a suburb of Austin and part of the Austin\u2013Round Rock\u2013 Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named after the original German settlers who farmed the area; Pfl\u00fcger means \"plowman\".\n<\/p>
The area was initially settled by German immigrant Henry Pfluger, Sr. (1803\u20131867) and members of his family from late 1849 into early 1850. Pfluger had been a wealthy farmer in Germany, but lost all of his property during the Prussian War.[clarification needed] He arrived in the country with $1,600 and purchased 160 acres (0.65\u00a0km2) of land two miles (3\u00a0km) east of Austin from John Liese, a brother-in-law who had immigrated before him.[5] In 1853, Pfluger paid Liese $960 for a 960-acre (3.9\u00a0km2) tract of land in an area known as Brushy Knob.[6] There, the family lived in a five-room log cabin and raised corn, wheat, rye, beans, sweet potatoes, and sugar cane.[7] The Pfluger family also owned several slaves, some of whom were fluent in German.[8]<\/p><\/div>\n