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JUNCTION, TEXAS
"The Front Porch
of the West"
Kimble County
Seat, Texas Hill Country
30°29'23"N 99°46'17"W (30.489772, -99.771335)
I-10 , U.S. 83 and U.S. 377
98 Miles SE of San
Angelo
140 miles W of Austin
52 miles NW of Kerrville
115 miles NW of San
Antonio on I-10
57 miles E of Sonora
203 miles E of Fort
Stockton on I-10
31 miles S of Menard
102 miles N of Uvalde
on U.S. 83
45 miles SW of Mason
46 miles NE Rocksprings
on U.S. 377
At the Junction of the North and South Llano Rivers
ZIP code 76849
Area code 325
Population: 2,404 est. (2019)
2,574 (2010) 2,618 (2000) 2,654 (1990)
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View of Junction
and South Llano Bridge in
1949
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Kimble
County was named after Alamo defender Geo. C. Kimble. Originally
the County Seat was the short-lived (and often flooded) town of Kimbleville.
See Kimble County
Courthouse
Junction was here before I-10. A fact that is made evident by the
abundance of 50s style motels. It's a comfortable place and lives
up to its billing as "Front Porch of the West."
Junction gets its name, not from the intersecting highways, but from
the merging of the North and South Llano Rivers. Spring-fed and clear,
these rivers offer excellent canoeing and fishing as well as tubing
and wading.
Real Estate prices are attractive enough to consider a second home
here.
Public school students from all over the county are brought to school
in Junction. Texas Tech. U. has a branch in Junction which offers
both undergraduate and graduate courses.
Junction Old Photos › |
Junction, Texas
Attractions / Landmarks
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Historical Marker:
corner of Oak and S. 5th St.
Junction's
First Waterworks
Predecessor of
present city waterworks. Supplied water to homes and furnished power
to run grist mill, cotton gin, and sawmill. Business leader Ernest
Holekamp had canal dug in 1895, beginning at South Llano River, 1/2
mile south of Courthouse.
Average bottom width was 6 feet, with depth of water from 3 to 4 feet.
The system, named Junction City Milling Company, changed hands 6 times.
It was purchased by city in 1928. Holekamp, who came to city in 1881,
was first president of Kimble County State Bank and first mayor of
Junction, 1927.
1970 |
Kimble County
Historical Museum
Corner of 4th and College Sts.325-446-4219 |
Junction Texas
City Hall
Photo courtesy Michael Hattrick, May 2003 |
The South Llano
Bridge in Junction:
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| Postcard
courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
The Bridge over
the S. Llano River
TE postcard |
A recent view
of the bridge
TE photo, 2000 |
Junction, Texas
Old Photos
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The 1935
flood in Junction. Notice the old gas station
Vintage photo courtesy TXDoT |
Junction street
scene in the 1920s, showing two drug stores and the Cozy Coffee Shop.
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
Junction in the
1940s
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
V Bar H Ranch
in Junction
Postcard
courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/
See Texas Ranches |
| Junction,
Texas Nearby Destinations |
Historical marker
on FM 1674
about 3 miles N of I-10 W of Junction
Photo courtesy Mike Patterson, October 2014 |
| Photo
courtesy MF
Peck, August 2017 |
Junction burger
TE photo, 2000 |
By the Llano
River
TE photo |
| Texas
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