Mountain Home is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Kerr County,
Texas
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, United States, at the intersection of
State Hwy 27 and
State Hwy 41.
[ Texas State Historical Association] Mountain Home has a post office with the ZIP code 78058.
History
The community area was the site of an 1878 Indian raid, in which four settlers, all children, were killed.
The first Mountain Home post office was established in 1879,
[Jim Wheat] with Hiram L Nelson as the first Postmaster.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Fisheries Research Station
opened on Highway 27 in 1925.
The Texas Catholic Boys Camp
was started in Mountain Home in 1951 by the Society of Mary.
Education
Divide Independent School District
Divide Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Mountain Home in western Kerr County, Texas, United States.
In terms of students served, Divide ISD is the smallest district in Texas; the 2015 "graduati ...
is the local school district for elementary school. Divide ISD feeds into
Ingram Independent School District, which provides secondary education.
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Kerr County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
Populated places established in 1879
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