<h4 class="label">Groundbreaking Ceremony</h4>
<p>On Saturday, August 17, 2024, ground will be broken for the Austin Texas Temple. Elder Michael A. Dunn, Second Counselor in the North America Southwest Area Presidency, will preside at the event and offer the site dedicatory prayer. Attendance at the temple site will be by invitation only. The 30,000-square-foot temple will be built on a 10.6-acre site adjacent to an existing meetinghouse located at 1801 E Park St in Cedar Park.¹</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Rendering</h4>
<p>On September 5, 2023, the official exterior rendering for the Austin Texas Temple was released to the public.</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Site</h4>
<p>On December 19, 2022, the location of the Austin Texas Temple was announced as a 10.6-acre site adjacent to an existing meetinghouse located at 1801 East Park Street in Cedar Park. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 30,000 square feet.²</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Announcement</h4>
<p>On April 3, 2022, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Austin Texas Temple at the April 2022 General Conference. The Austin Texas Temple will be the seventh temple for the Lone Star State. There are more than 362,000 Latter-day Saints in Texas. Austin is the Texas state capital. Other temples in Texas at the time of the announcement included the <a href="/dallas-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('dallas-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Dallas Texas Temple</a>, <a href="/fort-worth-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('fort-worth-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Fort Worth Texas Temple</a>, <a href="/houston-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('houston-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Houston Texas Temple</a>, <a href="/lubbock-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('lubbock-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Lubbock Texas Temple</a>, <a href="/san-antonio-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('san-antonio-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">San Antonio Texas Temple</a>, and <a href="/mcallen-texas-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('mcallen-texas-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">McAllen Texas Temple</a>. Missionary work began in Texas in 1843. In 1898, land was purchased that eventually became the East Texas colony of Kelsey, composed of 300 Church members.³</p><div class="footnote"><hr><ol><li>"News for Temples in Brazil, Bolivia, and Texas," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 6 May 2024.</li><li>"Three Temple Sites Announced in the Americas," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 19 Dec. 2022.</li><li>"President Nelson Announces 17 New Temples," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 3 Apr. 2022.</li></ol></div><p></p>