unincorporated community
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in
Lampasas County
Lampasas County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 21,627. Its county seat is Lampasas. The county is named for the Lampasas River.
Lampasas County is part of t ...
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Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
, United States. According to the
Handbook of Texas
The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...
The area was first settled in the 1870s by ranchers. While the origin of the name is not known for certain, it is thought to be named after the brand of a threshing machine brought into the town by two early settlers. Carl Bearden brought the first
cattle
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herd to Rumley in 1878 and W.O. Williams settled here two years later. The community had a store and a church in 1947. Mail was sent to the community from Kempner. Forty people lived in Rumley from 1939 to 1947. Only eight people lived here in 2000.
Geography
Rumley is located a half mile north of the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 580 and 2527 on the
Lampasas River
The Lampasas River ( ) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It originates near the city of Hamilton and travels southeast for about 84 miles through Lampasas, Burnet, and Bell Counties in central Texas.
After the first 75 miles it enters St ...
in eastern Lampasas County.
Education
Today the community is served by the
Lampasas Independent School District
Lampasas Independent School District is a public school district based in Lampasas, Texas, Lampasas, Texas (United States, USA) that serves about 3,350 students.
In addition to Lampasas, the district also serves the city of Kempner, Texas, Kem ...
, with elementary-age kids going to Hanna Springs Elementary School.
See also
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U.S. Route 190
U.S. Route 190 (US 190) is an east–west United States Highway in Louisiana and Texas. Segments of US 190 will be upgraded to Interstate 14 (I-14); the first segment was opened on January 26, 2017.
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