Llano, Texas Llano, Texas The Llano County Courthouse The Llano County Courthouse Location of Llano, Texas Location of Llano, Texas Llano County Llano.svg County Llano Llano (/ l no / lan-oh) is a town/city in Llano County, Texas, in the United States.

It is the governmental center of county of Llano County. 5.2 Llano County Courthouse and Red Top Jail 6 Llano County Museum Llano is positioned at 30 45 03 N 98 40 48 W (30.750953, 98.680038). It is on the Llano River, 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Austin and 102 mi (164 km) north of San Antonio.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.7 sq mi (12 km2), of which, 4.4 sq mi (11 km2) of it is territory and 0.3 sq mi (0.78 km2) of it (5.53%) is veiled by water.

Climate data for Llano, Texas Llano County was established in compliance with a February 1, 1856, state legislative act.

The Llano River locale was chosen in an election held on June 14, 1856, under a live oak on the south bank of the river, near the present site of Roy Inks Bridge in Llano.

In 1879, the first bank, Moore, Foster, and Company, was founded, and amid the 1880s, Llano acquired a number of new enterprises that served the county's farmers and ranchers.

In the 1880s the Llano Rural, the town's first newspaper, was established, followed by the Iron City News, the name of which reflects burgeoning interest in the county's mineral resources.

The Rural eventually incorporated a several other newspapers, including the Advocate, the Searchlight, and the Gazette, to turn into the Llano News by the early 1900s.

Anticipation of momentous economic expansion based on the iron deposits identified at Iron Mountain in northwestern Llano County thriving capital from Dallas and from northern states, and the boom years of Llano-from 1886 to 1893-were launched.

The Llano Improvement and Furnace Company undertook plans for an iron furnace and foundry, as well as for the evolution of commercial real estate, on the hitherto undeveloped north side of the river.

Steel-town names such as Birmingham, Pittsburgh, and Bessemer were chosen for streets on the north side; Llano was to be the "Pittsburgh of the West", but only a small dam and the street lighting were completed.

In 1892, at the peak of the boom period, the town was incorporated, the river was bridged, and the Austin and Northwestern Railroad was extended to a terminal on the north side of Llano.

In the 1920s, Llano was a primary shipping point for cattle; the cotton trade flourished in the county through the 1930s, but declined after that into insignificance.

Llano was an meaningful link in the Highland Lakes chain of tourist areas, and thriving many hunters amid the deer season.

Actress Sophia Loren, friend and correspondent of Netherlands native Anthony Goossens, priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Llano, contributed to the church fund-raising campaign in 1975.

By 1983, the National Register of Historic Places listed, in addition to the courthouse, the Llano jail, the Southern Hotel, and the Badu Building, former bank and home of French immigrant and mineralogist N.

Llano County Courthouse and Red Top Jail For more details on this topic, see Llano County Courthouse and Jail.

Llano County Museum The Llano County Museum is positioned in the former Bruhl's Drugstore owned by German native Louis Herman Bruhl (1849 1931).

The exhibition, positioned on the north end of the Llano River bridge, has exhibits on small-town history, including a chuckwagon, drug store artifacts, and an outside frontier cabin.

Also, it has a compilation on 1930s world polo player and Llano native Cecil Smith (February 14, 1904 January 21, 1999), later of Kendall County. The City of Llano is served by the Llano Independent School District, which includes Packsaddle Elementary, Llano Elementary, Llano Junior High, and Llano High School.

The Llano Independent School District serves about 1,900 students and is presently a part of District-8 - AAA, also including Burnet, Lampasas, Liberty Hill, Brownwood, and Gatesville.

Llano County Rodeo and Parade - first weekend in June Llano Trail of the Deer Community Art Project Christmas in the Park, Lighted Christmas Parade, Santa's Big Night, Lighting of the Llano County Courthouse - after Thanksgiving Llano Earth Art Fest, home of the World Rockstacking Championship - second weekend of March View from the shore of the Llano River Llano is widely known as the Deer Capital of Texas.

The density of deer in the Llano Basin is the highest in the nation.

Hunters from all over come to Llano for deer, quail, dove, feral pig, and turkey hunting, using guns as well as bow hunting.

The spring-fed Llano River, which runs through the city, offers some of the best fishing in the area, and has turn into well known to fly anglers throughout Texas.

The easterly border of Llano County features three of the Texas Highland Lakes, including Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, and Lake LBJ.

The bald eagle makes its home in Llano County amid its annual winter migration.

Nine miles (14 km) east of Llano on Highway 29, a family of bald eagles can be viewed from the roadside amid the nesting season. The Llano River Golf Course is positioned two miles (3 km) west of the Llano Courthouse on the Ranch Road 152, adjoining to Robinson City Park.

The 18-hole golf is positioned on the banks of the Llano River.

Llanite, a rare type of brown rhyolite porphyry with sky-blue quartz crystals and rusty-pink microcline feldspar, is found nowhere else in the world except in Llano County.

Llanite can be found along a highway cut 9 mi (14 km) north of Llano on Texas 16.

An extensive exhibit of artifacts, both Native American and early Texan, and a large display of region gems and minerals are on permanent exhibition at the Llano County Museum. "Monthly Averages for Llano, Texas".

"Llano County Historical Museum".

"A Treasure Hunter's Paradise in Llano's Historic Railyard District".

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