Bastrop County is located in the central part of Texas and is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area. The county seat is Bastrop.

Bastrop County is governed by a Commissioners Court, which consists of four commissioners elected from single-member districts and a county judge elected at-large. The county judge presides over the Commissioners Court and is the county's chief administrator.

The county is served by the Bastrop Independent School District.

The county is also served by the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office, which is responsible for law enforcement and corrections. The Bastrop County Fire Marshal's Office is responsible for fire protection and prevention.

The county is served by the Bastrop County Courthouse, which is located in Bastrop. The courthouse is the seat of the county government and houses the offices of the county judge, the county clerk, the district clerk, the county treasurer, the county tax assessor-collector, and the county auditor.

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