Editing Kyle, Texas

{{Short description|City in the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
 | official_name            = Kyle, Texas
 | settlement_type          = [[City]]
 | nickname                 = Pie Capital of Texas
 | named_for                = Fergus Kyle
 | image_skyline            = City Hall Kyle Texas 2024.jpg
 | imagesize                = 250px
 | image_caption            = Kyle City Hall
<!-- Maps -->
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 | mapsize                  = 250px
 | map_caption              = Location of Kyle, Texas
<!-- Location -->
 | coordinates              = {{Coord|29|59|21|N|97|52|33|W|region:US-TX_type:city(46,000)|display=inline,title}}
 | subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
 | subdivision_name         = United States
 | subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
 | subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
 | subdivision_name1        = [[Texas]]
 | subdivision_name2        = [[Hays County, Texas|Hays]]
<!-- Government -->
 | government_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cityofkyle.com/council | title=Kyle City Council }}</ref>
 | government_type          = [[Council–manager government]]
 | leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
 | leader_title1            = [[Mayor Pro Tem]]
 | leader_title2            = [[City Manager]]
 | established_title        = Incorporated
 | established_date         = 1928
<!-- Area -->
 | unit_pref                = Imperial
 | area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
 | area_total_km2           = 80.99
 | area_total_sq_mi         = 31.27
 | area_land_km2            = 80.48
 | area_land_sq_mi          = 31.07
 | area_water_km2           = 0.51
 | area_water_sq_mi         = 0.20
<!-- Population -->
 | population_total         = 45697
 | population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
 | population_footnotes     = <ref name="QF2020"/>
 | population_est           = 
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 | population_density_km2   = auto
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | population_demonym       = Kyleite
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 | postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]
 | postal_code              = 78640
 | area_code                = [[Area code 512|512]] & [[Area code 737|737]]
  | timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
 | utc_offset               = −6
 | timezone_DST             = CDT
 | utc_offset_DST           = −5
 | elevation_footnotes      = 
 | elevation_m              = 222
 | elevation_ft             = 728
 | blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
 | blank_info               = 48-39952<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
 | blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
 | blank1_info              = 2411564<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411564}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|www.cityofkyle.com}}
 | footnotes                = 
}}

'''Kyle''' is a city in [[Hays County, Texas]], United States. Its population grew from 28,016 in 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4839952.html |title=Kyle (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |department=census.gov |access-date=3 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502162600/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4839952.html|archive-date=2 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> to 45,697 in [[2020 United States census|2020]],<ref name="QF2020">{{cite web|date=April 1, 2020|title=US Census QuickFacts Kyle city, Texas|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/kylecitytexas|access-date=January 23, 2022|website=US Census Bureau}}</ref> making it one of Texas' fastest-growing cities.<ref>{{cite news | first=Anna | last=Heffley | title=Defense contractor headed to Kyle | date=2006-10-18 | url=http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=21741073265422135 | work=The Free Press | access-date=2009-03-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724084227/http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=21741073265422135 | archive-date=2011-07-24 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It is part of the [[Greater Austin]] area.

==History==
{{unreferenced section|date=September 2024}}

As part of railroad expansion along the [[International–Great Northern Railroad|International-Great Northern Railroad]] (I&GN), railroad tycoon and entrepreneur, [[Jay Gould]], found an opportunity for additional revenue between the cities of Austin and San Marcos which were lined with cotton fields and livestock farms. Originally, the line railline was to cross over to [[Mountain City, Texas|Mountain City]], located three miles north of Kyle, but when addressing with his secretary, [[Ira Hobart Evans|Ira Evans]], it was seen as more cost effective to build a straight track from Austin to San Marcos which went right through the private lands of [[Fergus Kyle]] and his wife, Anne Moore. Following an agreement between the I&GN and the Kyle and Moore families for $1 and the enhanced value of the developed land of 200 acres.

The rights to the track through Kyle was then sold to the [[Texas Land Company]], which would be in charge of plotting the town, who then sent a surveying party and filed plans with the county clerk for the town on September 7, 1880. The town originally consisted only of 6x3 [[city block]]s for both commercial and residential zoning as well as a combination train depot and separate cotton platform along the tracks. The first lots were sold at an auction on September 25 under the now historically designated 'Auction Oak' with the railroad offering free rides and food for attendees from Austin.

The new town drew residents and businesses from Mountain City as well as [[Blanco, Texas|Blanco]], four miles west, as well as independent farmers and ranchers in the county. Tom Martin operated the first business in Kyle as a saloon-meat market combo, the first of four saloons to open in the town's inaugural year. Other founding families like the Nance and Wallace families would open a cotton gin and lumberyard not long after, and by 1883 the population exceeded 500, growing to over 700 by the first census the town participate in, but would later decline during the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]] and ensuing [[Dust Bowl]]. 

Kyle was incorporated in 1928 as a general-law city with a mayor and five council members. In 1937, Mary Kyle Hartson, daughter of Fergus Kyle, was elected mayor by a write-in vote. Hartson, after winning election again in 1944, would serve as mayor as part of an all-woman city council and making Kyle the only Texas town with an all-woman government.

From 1892 to 1901, Kyle was the childhood home of [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning author [[Katherine Anne Porter]]. Many of her most famous short stories, such as "Noon Wine", are set in locations in and around Kyle. Her [[Katherine Anne Porter House|former home]] is now a writer's residence open to the public by appointment. The Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center hosts readings by visiting writers.

<gallery widths=200 heights=125>
File:Kyle Townsite Plat - 1880.png|Kyle Townsite Plat of 1880
File:Kyle Auction Oak 2015.jpg|Auction Oak
File:Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center 2018.jpg|The Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center
</gallery>

==Geography==
Kyle is in eastern Hays County and is bordered to the south by [[San Marcos, Texas|San Marcos]] and to the northwest by [[Mountain City, Texas|Mountain City]]. Kyle is {{convert|21|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of [[downtown Austin]] and {{convert|58|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of [[San Antonio]] on [[Interstate 35 in Texas|Interstate 35]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kyleed.com/|title=Kyle, Texas - Economic Development|work=kyleed.com|access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|50.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|49.4|sqkm|order=flip|abbr=on}} is land and {{convert|0.5|sqkm|order=flip|1|abbr=on}}, 1.06%, is covered by water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4839952| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Kyle city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=February 8, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213101309/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4839952| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Blanco River (Texas)|Blanco River]] runs through the western side of the city, while the central and eastern parts of the city drain east to Plum Creek. Both waterways are tributaries of the [[San Marcos River]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 779
|1910= 742
|1920= 744
|1930= 606
|1940= 874
|1950= 888
|1960= 1023
|1970= 1629
|1980= 2093
|1990= 2225
|2000= 5314
|2010= 28016
|2020= 45697
|estyear=2022
|estimate= 57470
|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|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850–1900<ref name=1900CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of Texas By Counties And Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/49-population-tx.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-tx-p1.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1920<ref name=1920CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-tx-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1930<ref name=1930CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch10.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch09.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br>
1950<ref name=1950CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-46.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/33255142v1p45ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00496492v1p45s1ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1980<ref name=1980CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/texas/1980a_txab-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Kyle city, 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 – Kyle city, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4839952&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[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) – Kyle city, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4839952&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</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) – Kyle city, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4839952&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,012
|12,733
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18,374
|37.86%
|45.45%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40.21%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|427
|1,428
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,265
|8.04%
|5.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.96%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|17
|86
|style='background: #ffffe6; |124
|0.32%
|0.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.27%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|17
|286
|style='background: #ffffe6; |742
|0.32%
|1.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.62%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33
|0.00%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.07%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|7
|64
|style='background: #ffffe6; |211
|0.13%
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|54
|430
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,588
|1.02%
|1.53%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.48%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,780
|12,979
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22,360
|52.31%
|46.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48.93%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''5,314'''
|'''28,016'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''45,697'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 45,697 people, 14,701 households, and 10,370 families residing in the city.

Of the 14,701 households, 54.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were not families. About 14.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.15, and the average family size was 3.51; 391 persons in the city lived in group quarters rather than households.<ref name="Census 2010 DP">{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2021 |title=2020 US Government Census QuickFacts: Kyle city, Texas |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/kylecitytexas |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213131821/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US4839952 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=February 8, 2018 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

In the city, the age distribution was 33.7% under 18, 7.4% were from 18 to 24, 37.1% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% were 65 or older. The median age was 30.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>

For 2012–2016, the estimated median annual income for a household was $72,191, and for a family was $76,992. Male full-time workers had a median income of $50,235 versus $39,474 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $25,348. About 6.8% of the population and 5.4% of families were below the poverty line; 7.3% of the population under the age of 18 and 7.7% of those 65 or older were living in poverty.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP03/1600000US4839952| title=Selected Economic Characteristics: 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Kyle city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=February 8, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213111630/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP03/1600000US4839952| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Education==
The longest-active school building in Kyle was built in 1939 as part of the then-Kyle Independent School District, later named Kyle High School and today known as Kyle Elementary School following the construction of Jack C. Hays High School in 1964, named after the same [[John Coffee Hays|Jack C. Hays]] that gives the school district, now [[Hays Consolidated Independent School District]], its namesake. High-school students have since attended either [[Jack C. Hays High School]], [[Lehman High School (Texas)|Lehman High School]] (since opening in 2004), or [[Johnson High School(Texas)|Johnson High School]] located in neighboring [[Buda, Texas|Buda]] (opened in 2019).

In higher education, Kyle sits just {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} north of [[Texas State University]] located in San Marcos and is home to the Hays campus of the [[Austin Community College District]] which has been fully operational since 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://impactnews.com/austin-metro/san-marcos-buda-kyle/%28slideshow%29-acc-hays-grand-opening/|title=(SLIDESHOW) ACC Hays grand opening - Community Impact Newspaper|work=Community Impact Newspaper|access-date=3 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201195017/http://impactnews.com/austin-metro/san-marcos-buda-kyle/%28slideshow%29-acc-hays-grand-opening/|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> with the college district's Public Safety Training Center opening a few years afterward.

==Transportation==
[[File:Historic Kyle Railroad Depot.jpg|thumb|Historic Kyle Railroad Depot]]

[[Austin–Bergstrom International Airport]] is {{convert|25|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Kyle, [[San Marcos Regional Airport]] is {{convert|10|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the south, and [[San Antonio International Airport]] is {{convert|53|mi|abbr=on}} to the southwest.

The [[Missouri Pacific Railroad|MoPac]] rail line runs through downtown Kyle but currently there is no stop in Kyle. The [[Amtrak]] [[Texas Eagle]] passenger rail line has a stop located {{convert|10|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of Kyle in [[San Marcos station|San Marcos]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kyleed.com/community-profile/transportation|title=Transportation|work=kyleed.com|access-date=3 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722051636/http://kyleed.com/community-profile/transportation|archive-date=22 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Residents have access to [[Interstate 35|I-35]], [[Texas State Highway 45|SH 45 toll road]], [[FM 150 (TX)|FM 150]], [[FM 1626]], [[Texas State Highway 21|SH 21]], and [[Texas State Highway 123|SH 123]].

The Kyle city council in September 2021 approved of a citywide trail system known as The Vybe to connect city residents with a mix of dirt, crushed granite, and paved trails along with existing roadways and trails.

=== Highways ===
* {{Jct|state=TX|I|35}}: Connects northbound to [[Buda, Texas|Buda]] and [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]; southbound to [[San Marcos, Texas|San Marcos]], [[New Braunfels, Texas|New Braunfels]], and [[San Antonio]]
* {{Jct|state=TX|FM|150}}: Connects to [[Driftwood, Texas|Driftwood]] and [[Dripping Springs, Texas|Dripping Springs]] to the northwest and [[Uhland, Texas|Uhland]] to the southeast
* {{Jct|state=TX|FM|1626}}: Connects to the outer parts of [[Buda, Texas|Buda]], [[Hays, Texas|Hays]], and [[Manchaca, Texas|Manchaca]]

== Government and infrastructure ==
The city of Kyle is governed by a [[council–manager government|council-manager]] form of government. The city council consists of three members representing geographical districts, three at-large council members, and the mayor, who is also elected at-large. Each council member is elected to three-year terms.

=== State and federal representation ===
The [[Management and Training Corporation]] operates the [[Kyle Unit]], a prison for men in Kyle, on behalf of the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]].<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ky.htm Kyle Unit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201317/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ky.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice|TDCJ]]. Retrieved on October 7, 2010.</ref> In 1988, the construction of Kyle Unit, the first private prison for the TDCJ, sparked controversy. The Kyle Unit became the second-largest employer in Kyle, after the [[Hays Consolidated Independent School District]]. In 1989, the prison had a $50,000 weekly payroll, with much of it going to the city's residents.<ref>Krausse, Henry. "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD89790C18F349&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Kyle warms to financial aspect of becoming a 'prison town']." ''[[The Austin American-Statesman]]''. June 18, 1989. B1. Retrieved on October 7, 2010. "Much of the prison's $50000 weekly payroll will go to Kyle residents." "[...]after Hays Consolidated Independent School District, the prison will be the [...]" "In addition to becoming the community's second-largest employer,"</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Kyle Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/kyle-555-rebel-rd-kyle-tx-1369332 Post Office Location - KYLE]" ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706222654/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/kyle-555-rebel-rd-kyle-tx-1369332 |date=2010-07-06 }}). [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on October 7, 2010.</ref>

== Pie in the Sky Hot Air Balloon Festival ==
As part of a municipal branding scheme in the chase of becoming the "Pie Capital of Texas," the Kyle Pie in the Sky Hot Air Balloon Festival has been an annual event in Kyle on Labor Day weekend since 2017. The event features morning hot air balloon "mass ascensions” where balloons take off at sunrise flying over Kyle on Saturday and Sunday morning, as well as “glows” in the evenings, where tethered hot air balloons glow against the evening sky at Lake Kyle.

Kyle achieved its goal on June 8, 2021, when Kyle was officially designated as the "Pie Capital of Texas." However, the Kyle City Council voted to discontinue the annual Pie in the Sky festival in 2024 due to budget constraints and that the event is unreliable due to its weather dependency.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelley |first1=Brittany |title=A good day to pie: Kyle council votes to end pie festival |url=https://www.haysfreepress.com/2024/02/28/good-day-pie-kyle-council-votes-end-pie-festival/ |website=Hays Free Press News-Dispatch |date=February 28, 2024 |publisher=Barton Publications |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Fitzhugh Andrews]], composer
* [[Gary Clark Jr.]], musician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/gary-clark-jr-buys-texas-ranch/|title=Grammy-Winning Rocker Gary Clark Jr. Purchases Huge Texas Ranch|date=January 13, 2017|website=Real Estate News and Advice &#124; Realtor.com®}}</ref>
* [[I. B. Donalson]], USAF officer and flying ace
* [[Roberto Garza]], former American football center
* [[Otto Jürgen Hofmann|Otto Hofmann]], organ builder
* [[Tex Hughson|Cecil "Tex" Hughson]], all-star baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
* [[Edwin Jackson Kyle]], [[U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala]] (1945–48), namesake of [[Kyle Field]]
* [[Helen Michaelis]], expert on [[Quarter Horses]], first woman inducted into the [[American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame]]
* [[Katherine Anne Porter]], author

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book |last=Strom |first=Ann |year=1981 |title=The Prairie City: A History of Kyle, Texas, 1880–1980 |publisher=Nortex Press |isbn=978-0-89015-313-0}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [http://www.cityofkyle.com City of Kyle official website]
* {{Handbook of Texas|id=hjk08|name=Kyle}}
* [http://www.KyleChamber.org Kyle Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitor's Bureau]
* [http://kyleed.com/ Kyle Economic Development]
* [http://www.kyletour.com Kyle tourism website]
* [http://www.KyleFair.com Kyle Fair, Bull Ride, and Music Fest]
* [http://www.english.txstate.edu/kap Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714083118/http://michaelisranch.com/Michaelis_Ranch/History.html Michaelis Ranch History]—Early history of Kyle, and one of the oldest surviving ranches in the area

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