HOOVER'S VALLEY, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Burnet County, Texas Hill Country

About 1 mile E of the Colorado River
10 Miles SW of Burnet the county seat
Population: Unknown

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Driving from Kingsland up towards Inks Lake State Park
Photo courtesy Ernie Wymer, September 2008

History in a Pecan Shell

First settled in the 1850s, early Methodist minister Isaac Hoover is the town’s namesake. The town had a combination community building/ school until a separate school was built in 1872. A post office was granted seven years later but was closed by 1881.

The community’s population history is unreported, but after merging their school with the Burnet ISD, in the late 1940s the community declined. Little remains today except for the cemetery and scattered houses.

Hoover's Valley Cemetery Historical Marker
At intersection of FM 2342 and CR 119
Photo courtesy Ernie Wymer, August 2005
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Hoover's Valley Cemetery

Established in 1850 by the Rev. Isaac Hoover, of local Methodist Protestant church. He came from Tennessee; soon initiated services in nearby oak grove.

Oldest stone dates from about 1850. Another grave is of Whitlock family, killed by Indians. Marked graves total 157; unmarked, 88. Tract is still in use.
1969

"Over looking Hoover's Valley Marker area from the Longhorn Cavern park road" -
Ernie Wymer, September 2008 photo

Burnet County 1920s map showing "Hoover" SW of Burnet
near Llano County line
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Hoover's Valley, Texas Nearby Towns:
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