Welcome to McLennan County, TXGenWeb!

McLennan was created from Milam county in 1850 and is located in east central Texas. Waco, the county seat, is on the Brazos River at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Highway 84. The county was named for Neil McLennan, one of the early settlers and Waco for the natives in the area. When Waco University and Baylor University at Independence were consolidated in 1886, Waco was chosen as its permanent home.

McLennan County Courthouse

501 Washington Avenue
Waco TX 76701
254-757-5000

Neighboring Counties

Bosque Hill McLennan Coryell Limestone Bell Falls

Other Texas Counties

Communties, Past & Present

(g) means ghost town
Asa (Norwood)
Axtell
Battle (Institute)
Bellmead
Beverly Hills
Bosqueville
Bruceville (see Bruceville-Eddy)
Bruceville-Eddy
Chalk Bluff
China Spring
Concord (g)
Cottonwood
Crawford
Eddy (see Bruceville-Eddy)
Elk
Elm Mott
Erath
Farr (g)
Fort Fisher (g)
Fryar (g)
Gerald
Gholson
Hallsburg
Harrison
Hewitt
Lacy Lakeview
Leroy
Lorena
Lusk (see Spring Valley)
Mart (Willow Springs)
Mastersville (g)
McGregor (Springs)
Moody
Norwood (g)
Oaklake (Oak Lake)
Ocee
Patrick
Patton
Perry (g)
Pleasant Hill (g)
Riesel
Robinson
Ross
Speegleville
Spring Valley (Lusk)
Tokio (Wiggins)
Tours (St. Martinville)
Waco
West
Willow Grove
Willow Springs (see Mart)
Windsor
Woodway