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Baylor University in Waco was founded in 1845 and is considered the oldest university in Texas, as it still operates under its original charger and name. Southwestern University in Georgetown, which opened in 1873, is often contested as the oldest. However, it was founded by the Methodist Church and derived its heritage from four earlier colleges: Rutersville University, the first college chartered in Texas, 1840; Wesleyan College, 1844; McKenzie College, 1860; and Soule University, 1856, all of which closed before Southwestern was founded.
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