Austin Area: Select Cities of the Austin Community College Service Area: Kyle

"Fergus Kyle, for whom the town was named, and the family of David Moore donated 200 acres of land for a town site when the International and Great Northern Railroad built a line from Austin to San Antonio. Lots were first sold in October 1880 at an auction held beneath a Live Oak tree at 204 Sledge Street. And thus the rich history and tradition of Kyle began."

U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts
Release Date: July 2021

The district's state-of-the-art performing arts center is located at 979 Kohlers Crossing, Kyle, TX 78640.

"Since its establishment in 1953, the Hays County Historical Commission has erected markers at important sites across the county, inventoried every cemetery in the county, and conducted a survey of our historic locations. The Commission is active in nominating properties to the National Register of Historic Places, which is our nation's honor roll of significant places in our history."

"Constructed in 1915 under a federal aid program to improve rural delivery of mail on the Austin-San Antonio road, the small concrete arch bridge has the distinction of being the oldest concrete bridge in Hays County."

"Shortly after Kyle, Texas was founded in 1880, Ms. Porter’s paternal grandmother built a three-room house on Center Street. Following his wife’s death in 1892, Porter’s father and his four children moved into the house where Katherine Anne Porter [one of America's most distinguished writers] was born in 1890, lived until 1902."
"In 2002 the house was designated a National Literary Landmark. In 2006, due to the efforts of Kate Johnson, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places."