In
Hays County, Dripping Springs is located southwest of
Austin and northwest of
San Marcos above US 290.
Dripping Springs developed into the principal town in northern Hays County during the twentieth century. With only minor fluctuations, its population has grown slowly but steadily since World War II. In the mid-1980s it reported twenty businesses and more than 600 residents. By 1990 its population had risen to over 1,000.
