Editing Kerr County, Texas

{{Short description|County in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Kerr County
 | state                = Texas
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = 1856
 | seat wl              = Kerrville
 | largest city wl      = Kerrville
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 1107
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 1103
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 4.0
 | area percentage      = 0.4
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 52598
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | web                  = www.kerrcountytx.gov
 | ex image             = Kerr county tx courthouse 2015.jpg
 | ex image size        = 250
 | ex image cap         = Kerr County Courthouse, southside view
 | time zone            = Central
 | named for            = [[James Kerr (Texas politician)|James Kerr]]
 | district             = 21st
}}

'''Kerr County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located on the [[Edwards Plateau]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 52,598.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerr County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48265|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Kerrville, Texas|Kerrville]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The county was named by [[Joshua Brown (Texas pioneer)|Joshua D. Brown]] for his fellow [[Kentucky]] native, [[James Kerr (Texas politician)|James Kerr]], a congressman of the [[Republic of Texas]]. The Kerrville, TX [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]] includes all of Kerr County.

==History==
Around 8000 BC, early Native American inhabitants arrived in the area, with numerous successive cultures following in [[prehistoric]] times. Historic tribes encountered by Europeans included the [[Kiowa]], [[Comanche]], and [[Lipan Apache people|Lipan Apache]].<ref name="Kerr County">{{cite web|last=Odintz|first=Mark|title=Kerr County|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hck06|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref>

In 1842, the [[Adelsverein]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Brister|first=Louis E.|title=Adelsverein|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ufa01|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> [[Fisher–Miller Land Grant]] set aside {{convert|3,000,000|acre}} to settle 600 families and single men of [[Germans|German]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]], [[Swiss people|Swiss]], [[Danish people|Danish]], [[Swedish people|Swedish]], and [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] ancestry in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramos|first=Mary G|title=The German Settlements in Central Texas|url=http://www.texasalmanac.com/history/highlights/german/|work=Texas Almanac|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 27, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207191825/http://www.texasalmanac.com/history/highlights/german/|archive-date=February 7, 2011}}</ref> [[Henry Francis Fisher]] sold his interest in the land grant to the Adelsverein in 1844.

In 1845, [[Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels]] secured the title to {{convert|1265|acre|abbr=on}} of the Veramendi grant, including the Comal Springs and River, for the Adelsverein. Thousands of German immigrants were stranded at port of disembarkation, [[Indianola, Texas|Indianaola]] on [[Matagorda Bay]]. With no food or shelter, living in holes dug into the ground, an estimated 50% died from disease or starvation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indianola, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGhostTowns/IndianolaTexas/IndianolaTx.htm|publisher=Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Block|first=W T|title=The Story of our Texas' German Pilgrims|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/WTBlock/Texas-German-Pilgrims-Death-March-to-Comal-County.htm|publisher=Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> [[Joshua Brown (Texas pioneer)|Joshua Brown]], in 1846, became the first settler.<ref>{{cite web|title=History Kerr County|url=http://www.co.kerr.tx.us/historical/history.html|publisher=Kerr County Historical Association|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref>

The Texas State Convention of Germans met in San Antonio on May 14–15, 1854, and adopted a political, social, and religious platform, including: 1) Equal pay for equal work, 2) Direct election of the President of the United States, 3) Abolition of capital punishment, 4) “Slavery is an evil, the abolition of which is a requirement of democratic principles..”, 5) Free schools – including universities – supported by the state, without religious influence, and 6) Total separation of church and state.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Biesele |first1=R. L. |title=The Texas State Convention of Germans in 1854 |journal=Southwestern Historical Quarterly |date=April 1930 |volume=33| issue = 4 |pages=247–261 |url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531,/metapth101090/m1/273/ |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |location=Denton, TX }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The next year, United States Army post [[Old Camp Verde|Camp Verde]] was established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Camp Verde|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qbc29|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref>
Kerr County was formed in 1856 from Bexar Land District Number 2. Joshua Brown donated the land that became Kerrville, and had it named for his friend [[James Kerr (Texas politician)|James Kerr]]. [[Kerrville, Texas|Kerrville]] was named the county seat.<ref name="Kerr County"/> The [[U.S. Camel Corps]], headquartered at Verde, was the brainchild of [[United States Secretary of War]] (1853–57) [[Jefferson Davis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Camel Corps|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHillCountryTowns/CampVerdeTexas/CampVerdeTx.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref>
[[Center Point, Kerr County, Texas|Center Point]] was established in 1859.<ref>{{cite web|title=Center Point|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/EastTexasTowns/Center-Point-Texas.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref>

In 1860–1861, the county population was 634, including 49 slaves. The [[Sons of Hermann]] lodge, for descendants of German heritage, was established in the county. The lodge is named for German chieftain folk hero [[Arminius|Hermann the Cherusker]].<ref name="Kerr County"/> A bitterly divided Kerr County voted 76–57 in 1861 for [[Texas in the American Civil War|secession]] from the Union, with most [[Germans|German]] residents being against it. Unionists from Kerr, [[Gillespie County, Texas|Gillespie]], and [[Kendall County, Texas|Kendall]] Counties participated in the formation of the [[Union League]], an organization which supported [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln's]] policies.<ref>{{cite web|last=Moneyhon |first=Charles H|title=The Union League|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/wau01|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> The Union League formed companies to protect the frontier against Indians and their families against local Confederate forces. [[Conscientious objectors]] to the military draft were primarily among [[Tejanos]] and Germans. Confederate authorities imposed martial law on Central Texas. The [[Nueces massacre]] occurred in [[Kinney County, Texas|Kinney County]]. [[Jacob Kuechler]] served as a guide for 61 conscientious objectors attempting to flee to Mexico. [[Scottish people|Scottish]]-born Confederate irregular James Duff and his [[Texas Civil War Confederate units|Duff's Partisan Rangers]] pursued and overtook them at the Nueces River; 34 were killed, some executed after being taken prisoner. Jacob Kuechler survived the battle. The cruelty shocked the people of Gillespie County. About 2,000 took to the hills to escape Duff's reign of terror. Spring Creek Cemetery near [[Harper, Texas|Harper]] in Gillespie County has a singular grave with the names Sebird Henderson, Hiram Nelson, Gus Tegener, and Frank Scott. The inscription reads, “Hanged and thrown in Spring Creek by Col. James Duff’s Confederate Regiment.”<ref>{{cite web|last=Shook |first= Robert W. |title=Duff, James|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fdu06|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Spring Creek Cemetery|url=http://www.txgenweb2.org/txgillespie/spring.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202123507/http://www.txgenweb2.org/txgillespie/spring.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2008|publisher=Texas Gen Web|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref>

The [[Treue der Union Monument]] ("Loyalty to the Union") in Comfort was dedicated to the Texans slain at the Nueces massacre August 10, 1866. It is the only monument to the Union outside of the National Cemeteries on Confederate territory, and is one of only six such sites allowed to fly the United States flag at half-mast in perpetuity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Treue der UnionMonument|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHistory/Treue-Der-Union-Loyalty-to-the-Union.htm|publisher=Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=List of Dead-Treue Der Union Monument|url=http://www.txgenweb2.org/txkendall/treue.htm|publisher=Texas Gen Web|access-date=November 27, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226175800/http://www.txgenweb2.org/txkendall/treue.htm|archive-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref>
The Y O Ranch was founded in 1880 by Charles Armand Schreiner, who had opened a [[Schreiner's|store]] in the area in 1869.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hollon|first=W Eugene|title=Charles Schreiner|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsc15|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref>

On October 5, 1878, the last Indian raid in the county occurred at the present day community of [[Mountain Home, Texas|Mountain Home]], when four children of the Dowdy family were murdered by Indian raiders.<ref>https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=159833</ref>

In 1887, the [[San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway]] was built through Kerrville. The [[American Legion]] of Texas established what eventually was called the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kerrville, in 1919.<ref>{{cite web|last=Herring|first=Rebecca|title=Veterans Affairs Center-Kerrville|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/sbv07|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref>

The [[Schreiner University|Schreiner Institute]] was established in Kerrville from 1917 to 1923.<ref>{{cite web|last=Baulch|first=Joe R|title=Schreiner University|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbs16|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> In 1926, Ora Johnson established Camp Waldemar Christian girls camp in [[Hunt, Texas|Hunt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Camp Waldemar|url=http://www.waldemar.com/Content/AboutUs/AboutUs.asp?Link=Welcome|publisher=Camp Waldemar|access-date=November 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626224706/http://www.waldemar.com/Content/AboutUs/AboutUs.asp?Link=Welcome|archive-date=June 26, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Mooney Airplane Company|Mooney Aircraft]] was established in 1929 in Kerrville.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mooney Aircraft |url=http://www.mooney.com/about-us/mooney-history.html |publisher=Mooney Aviation Company, Inc |access-date=November 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228171100/http://www.mooney.com/about-us/mooney-history.html |archive-date=December 28, 2010 }}</ref>
Kerrville was begun to be called the "Mohair Capital of the World" in 1930.<ref name="Kerr County"/>
The Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital was completed in 1949.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peterson Regional Medical Center|url=http://www.petersonrmc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2|publisher=Peterson Regional Medical Center|access-date=November 27, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907040156/http://www.petersonrmc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2|archive-date=September 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kerrville State Hospital opened in 1951.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerrville State Hospital|url=http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhhospitals/KerrvilleSH/KSH_About.shtm|publisher=State of Texas|access-date=November 27, 2010|archive-date=January 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126004502/http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhhospitals/KerrvilleSH/KSH_About.shtm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1107|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1103|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.0|sqmi}} (0.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 2, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-10 (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 10 in Texas|Interstate 10]]
* [[Image:US 83.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 83 in Texas|U.S. Highway 83]]
* [[Image:US 87.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 87 in Texas|U.S. Highway 87]]
* [[Image:Texas 16.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 16|State Highway 16]]
* [[Image:Texas 27.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 27|State Highway 27]]
* [[Image:Texas 39.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 39|State Highway 39]]
* [[Image:Texas 41.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 41|State Highway 41]]
* [[Image:Texas 173.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 173|State Highway 173]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Kimble County, Texas|Kimble County]] (north)
* [[Gillespie County, Texas|Gillespie County]] (northeast)
* [[Kendall County, Texas|Kendall County]] (east)
* [[Bandera County, Texas|Bandera County]] (south)
* [[Real County, Texas|Real County]] (southwest)
* [[Edwards County, Texas|Edwards County]] (west)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 634
|1870= 1042
|1880= 2168
|1890= 4462
|1900= 4980
|1910= 5505
|1920= 5842
|1930= 10151
|1940= 11650
|1950= 14022
|1960= 16800
|1970= 19454
|1980= 28780
|1990= 36304
|2000= 43653
|2010= 49625
|2020= 52598
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br />1850–2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Kerr County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Kerr County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48265&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Kerr County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48265&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Kerr County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48265&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|33,802
|35,851
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35,791
|77.43%
|72.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68.05%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|738
|739
|style='background: #ffffe6; |690
|1.69%
|1.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.31%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|154
|207
|style='background: #ffffe6; |156
|0.35%
|0.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|212
|361
|style='background: #ffffe6; |576
|0.49%
|0.73%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.10%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|16
|19
|style='background: #ffffe6; |39
|0.04%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.07%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]] alone (NH)
|12
|38
|style='background: #ffffe6; |187
|0.03%
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.36%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|366
|515
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,561
|0.84%
|1.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.97%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|8,353
|11,895
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,598
|19.13%
|23.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25.85%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''43,653'''
|'''49,625'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''52,598'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 43,653 people, 17,813 households, and 12,308 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|40|PD/sqmi}}. There were 20,228 housing units at an average density of {{convert|18|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|spell=in}}. The racial makeup of the county was 88.89% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.78% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.56% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.51% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.60% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.62% from two or more races. 19.13% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 17,813 households, out of which 25.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.70% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 22.20% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 24.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 92.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,283, and the median income for a family was $40,713. Males had a median income of $27,425 versus $21,149 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $19,767. About 10.30% of families and 14.50% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.60% of those under age 18 and 8.40% of those age 65 or over.

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Ingram, Texas|Ingram]]
* [[Kerrville, Texas|Kerrville]] (county seat)

=== Census-designated place ===

* [[Center Point, Kerr County, Texas|Center Point]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Camp Verde, Texas|Camp Verde]]
* [[Hunt, Texas|Hunt]]
* [[Mountain Home, Texas|Mountain Home]]

==Education==
School districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48265_kerr/DC20SD_C48265.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48265_kerr/DC20SD_C48265.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Kerr County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 29, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48265_kerr/DC20SD_C48265_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Center Point Independent School District]]
* [[Comfort Independent School District]]
* [[Divide Independent School District]]
* [[Harper Independent School District]]
* [[Hunt Independent School District]]
* [[Ingram Independent School District]]
* [[Kerrville Independent School District]]
* [[Medina Independent School District]]

All of the county is in the service area of [[Alamo Community College District]].<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.162. ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.].</ref>

==In popular culture==
* 1963 ''[[Hud (1963 film)|Hud]]'' starring [[Paul Newman]] was filmed at Camp Waldemar in [[Hunt, Texas|Hunt]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Hud (1963) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057163/locations |access-date=January 24, 2023}}</ref>
* 1972 The first [[Kerrville Folk Festival]] was held.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerrville Folk Festival {{!}} Kerrville, Texas |url=https://www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org/kerrville-folk-festival |access-date=January 24, 2023 |website=kerrvillefolkfest |language=en}}</ref>
* 1975 ''[[The Great Waldo Pepper]]'' starring [[Robert Redford]] was filmed in Kerrville.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073075/locations |access-date=January 24, 2023}}</ref>
* 2005 Stonehenge II, a scaled replica of the famous British attraction, was featured in the book "Weird Texas."<ref>{{cite web|last=Treat|first=Wesley|title=StoneHenge II - A Megalithic Facsimile|url=http://www.texastwisted.com/attr/stonehenge2/|access-date=March 25, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529121645/http://www.texastwisted.com/attr/stonehenge2/|archive-date=May 29, 2011}}</ref>
* 2016 TV show, ''[[Lethal Weapon (TV series)|Lethal Weapon]]'', [[Martin Riggs]] grew up in Kerr County, Texas.

==Politics==
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{{PresRow|1992|Republican|8,787|3,707|3,864|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|11,207|3,587|143|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|11,829|3,102|43|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|9,090|3,387|378|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|6,021|3,767|190|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,039|1,511|210|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,692|1,878|1,073|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,706|2,894|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,252|1,323|21|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,555|1,025|14|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,683|1,337|9|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|1,520|1,505|179|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,358|1,377|208|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,112|1,634|10|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|994|1,586|9|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|623|2,165|16|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,575|570|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|892|735|182|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|464|612|73|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|272|621|34|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|126|577|188|Texas}}
Kerr County has given the majority of its votes to Republican candidates in the majority of presidential elections since 1924. The only Democratic Party candidates to carry the county since then have been [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], with diminishing margins in each of his four electoral victories, and Texan [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], winning by a narrow margin despite the [[1964 United States presidential election|1964 election]] being a national [[landslide victory]].

==See also==
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* [[Adelsverein]]
* [[German Texan]]
* [[List of museums in Central Texas]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Kerr County, Texas]]
* [[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Hunt-Martin)#Kerr County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Kerr County]]
* [[Capt. Charles Schreiner Mansion]]
* [[Charles Schreiner, III]]
* [[Mo Ranch]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Kerr County, Texas}}
* [http://www.co.kerr.tx.us/ Kerr County Government Home Page ''Kerr County'']
* {{Handbook of Texas|id=hck06|name=Kerr County}}
* [https://archive.today/20110713144303/http://www.kerrvideo.com/wiki Kerrville/Kerr County Local Government Wiki]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Kerr County, Texas
|North     = [[Kimble County, Texas|Kimble County]]
|Northeast = [[Gillespie County, Texas|Gillespie County]]
|East      = [[Kendall County, Texas|Kendall County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Bandera County, Texas|Bandera County]]
|Southwest = [[Real County, Texas|Real County]]
|West      = [[Edwards County, Texas|Edwards County]]
|Northwest =
}}

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