Kerrville, Texas | |
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City | |
Motto: Lose Your Heart to the Hills | |
Coordinates: 30°2′51″N 99°8′26.1″W / 30.04750°N 99.140583°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Kerr |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
• City Council | Mayor Joe Herring, Jr. Place 1 – Delayne Sigerman Place 2 – Jeff Harris Place 3 – Kent McKinney Place 4 – Brenda Hughes |
• City Manager | Dalton Rice |
Area | |
• Total | 22.35 sq mi (57.88 km2) |
• Land | 21.93 sq mi (56.80 km2) |
• Water | 0.42 sq mi (1.08 km2) |
Elevation | 1,637 ft (499 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 24,278 |
• Density | 1,083.22/sq mi (418.23/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 78028–78029 |
Area code | 830 |
FIPS code | 48-39040[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1339058[3] |
Website | kerrvilletx |
Kerrville is a city in, and the county seat of Kerr County, Texas, United States.[4] The population of Kerrville was 24,278 at the 2020 census.[5] Kerrville is named after James Kerr, a major in the Texas Revolution, and friend of settler-founder Joshua Brown, who settled in the area to start a shingle-making camp.[6]
Being nestled in the hills of Texas Hill Country, Kerrville is best known for its beautiful parks that line the Guadalupe River, which runs directly through the city; other features include its nearby youth summer camps, hunting ranches, and RV parks. It is also the home of Texas' Official State Arts & Crafts Fair, the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Kerrville Triathlon (since 2011), and the Kerrville Renaissance Festival (since 2017), as well as Mooney Aviation Company,[7] James Avery Jewelry, and Schreiner University. The Museum of Western Art (founded 1983) features the work of living artists specializing in the themes of the American West.