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1907 Postal Map
showing Mount Sharp in NW Hays
County
near Blanco County
line
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
MOUNT SHARP,
TX
Mount Sharp, on
Onion Creek twenty miles northwest of San
Marcos in western Hays
County, was founded shortly after the Civil War by the L. S. Jennings
family. Originally a part of Yell Settlement, it opened a separate
post office in 1905 that apparently remained open until after World
War II. Although no population figures have ever been recorded
for the community, thirteen livestock breeders were reported as operating
in the Mount Sharp area in 1914. The community is named after the
nearby Mount Sharp.
Daniel P. Greene, “Mount Sharp, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed
January 06, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/mount-sharp-tx.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association. |
Hays
County 1940s map still showing Mount Sharp
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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