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Marble Falls is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 7,037. Lake Marble Falls is part of the Highland Lakes on the Colorado River, the largest chain of lakes in Texas. [4] Marble Falls was founded by Adam Rankin Johnson [5] in 1887, a former Indian fighter and Confederate ...
The Roper Hotel is located at 707 Third Street in the city of Marble Falls, county of Burnet, in the U.S. state of Texas.It was erected circa 1888. The hotel was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1981, [2] and added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Burnet County, Texas on January 8, 1980. [3]
Marble Falls Independent School District ("MFISD") is a school district based in the city of Marble Falls, in Burnet County, Texas, USA which is located in the heart of the Highland Lakes region of the Texas Hill Country. The district encompasses 268 square miles (690 km 2) [1] MFISD has a growing enrollment of approximately 4,000 students.
Texas Tech University at Highland Lakes is an official off campus teaching site of Texas Tech University located in Marble Falls, Texas. The site was established in 2002 to extend Texas Tech's presence in the Texas Hill Country by hosting year-round academic programs.
It is about 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Llano, about 8 miles (13 km) west of Marble Falls, and 51 miles (82 km) northwest of downtown Austin. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 11.6 square miles (30.1 km 2 ), of which 11.4 square miles (29.5 km 2 ) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.6 km 2 ), or 1.83% ...
In 1949, the school in nearby Haynie Flat consolidated with Spicewood's school district. Three years later, Spicewood became part of the Marble Falls Independent School District. The population, which stood at around 100 in the 1970s and went up to 110 until 1990, had grown to an estimated 2,000 by 2000. [2] It went up to 4,000 in 2010. [5]
Granite Shoals is located in southwestern Burnet County 7 miles (11 km) west of Marble Falls and 56 miles (90 km) northwest of downtown Austin, on a bend on the east shore of Lake Lyndon B. Johnson. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 5.7 square miles (14.7 km 2 ), of which 4.5 square miles (11.7 km 2 ...
Granite Mountain is a solid dome, also known as a bornhardt, of pink granite (pink granite is also known as Sunset Red) rising over 860 feet one mile west of Marble Falls, Texas. Since quarry operations began in the late 19th century, the distinctive pink-red colored rock has been used in the construction of the Texas State Capitol in Austin ...