Mountain Home, Texas

Mountain Home is an unincorporated community in Kerr County, Texas, United States,^[1] at the intersection of State Hwy 27 and State Hwy 41.^[2] Mountain Home has a post office with the ZIP code 78058.^[3]

Mountain Home, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°10′27″N 99°22′37″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Kerr
Elevation [1]	1,910 ft (580 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	830
FIPS code	48-49620 [1]
GNIS ID	1342167 [1]

History

The community area was the site of an 1878 Indian raid, in which four settlers, all children, were killed.^[4]

The first Mountain Home post office was established in 1879,^[5] with Hiram L Nelson as the first Postmaster.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Fisheries Research Station^[6] opened on Highway 27 in 1925.

The Texas Catholic Boys Camp^[7] was started in Mountain Home in 1951 by the Society of Mary.

Education

Divide Independent School District is the local school district for elementary school.^[8] Divide ISD feeds into Ingram Independent School District, which provides secondary education.^[9]