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==History== [[File:WintersWimberly1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Winters-Wimberley House]], {{circa|1856}}]] Wimberley started as a trading post settlement near Cypress Creek in 1848, the year Hays County was organized. After William Carvin Winters built a [[gristmill]] at the site in 1856, it took on the name "Winters' Mill". When the mill was sold in 1864 to the Cude family, its name was changed to "Cude's Mill". It was sold again in 1874 to Pleasant Wimberley and took on his name. Over the years, the mill was expanded to process lumber, shingles, flour, molasses, and cotton. The mill is gone, but [[Winters–Wimberley House|Winter's home]] survives and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2020|reason=No source}} In 1880, Alfred vom Stein, a postmaster from [[San Marcos, Texas|San Marcos]], applied to have a post office established in the community, calling it "Wimberleyville". The application was granted, but the name was shortened to Wimberley. Although the mill was shut down in 1925, the community was established and grew, becoming known as a resort town and popular with tourists.<ref name="TXHandbook">{{cite web |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgw12 |title=Wimberley, Texas |first=Dorothy Wimberley |last=Kerbow |work=[[Handbook of Texas]] |publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]] |date=February 22, 2010 |access-date=April 30, 2010 }}</ref> Prior to its incorporation in May 2000,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html | title = Boundary Changes | work = Geographic Change Notes: Texas | publisher = Population Division, United States Census Bureau | date = 2006-05-19 | access-date = 2008-05-27}}</ref> it was a [[census-designated place]] (CDP). On May 25, 2015, the town was hit by flooding during the [[2015 Texas–Oklahoma floods]], along the [[Blanco River (Texas)|Blanco River]], which flows through the town. The river crested at an estimated {{convert|41.5|ft}}, which was almost {{convert|30|ft}} above flood stage.
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