Mormon Mill, Burnet County, Texas

Mormon Mill, Texas
Mormon Mill, Texas is located in Texas
Mormon Mill, Texas
Mormon Mill, Texas
Location within the state of Texas
Coordinates: 30°38′13″N 98°14′02″W / 30.63694°N 98.23389°W / 30.63694; -98.23389
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyBurnet
Elevation
814 ft (248 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code512
FIPS code48[1]
GNIS feature ID1363151[2]

Mormon Mill is a vanished Mormon colony established in 1851 on Hamilton Creek in Burnet County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The site is located on Mormon Mills Road 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Marble Falls and 10 miles (16 km) south of Burnet. Mormon Mill has also been known as Mormon Mills, Mormon Mill Colony and Mormon Mill Historical Site. Designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1936, Marker number 9733.[3][4] The population moved to another county in 1853, and no buildings remain of the colony.

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ^ "THC Mormon Mill Historical Site". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Site of Mormon Settlement – Marble Falls, Burnet County, Texas". William Nienke, Sam Morrow. Retrieved 13 February 2011.