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KYLE, Texas Pronounced: "KILE" "A Simply Charming Place To . ." Population (2008): 26103 
REFERENCES CITY:CITY OF KYLE: 512-262-1010; 877-262-5953 100 W. Center St., Kyle, TX 78640 Web: www.cityofkyle.com CHAMBER and TOURISM: 
KYLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: 512-268-4220 PO Box 900, 100 N. Front Street, Kyle, TX 78640 Web: www.kylechamber.org; Email: info@kylechamber.org KYLE VISITOR CENTER: 100 North Front Street, Kyle, in the historic old train depot. Open Mon-Fri 9a-4p ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES: CITY OF KYLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: 512-262-3926, Diana Blank PO Box 40, Kyle, TX 78640 Web: www.kyleed.com SMALLER NEIGHBORING TOWNS: Mountain City PRINCIPAL BUSINESS: Bedroom community for Austin commuters; tourism. The fifth fastest growing city in Texas. MAJOR ATTRACTIONS: HISTORIC DOWNTOWN DISTRICT (aka OLD TOWN KYLE): Shops, restaurants, historic buildings HISTORIC TRAIN DEPOT: 100 North Front Street, Kyle. Missouri-Pacific RR. Now home to Kyle Visitor Center. KYLE AUCTION OAK: Sledge Street, 2 blocks S of Center Street. When Kyle was founded along the railroad line in 1880, this oak was the site of a public auction of town lots. The railway was given 200 acres of land. KYLE HANGING TREE: 10 mi S of Kyle on Old Post Road (CR 136). Cowboys found a dead man hanging here and buried him not far from the trunk of this Live Oak. This grave for the mystery cowboy became the Kyle Cemetery. The tree is near the entrance of the cemetery and is easily recognizable by its shape and its solitary location. KATHERINE ANNE PORTER MUSEUM: 512-268-6637; 508 West Center Street, Kyle, TX. This quaint museum is located in the house where Katherine Anne Porter spent some 10 years of her childhood. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is probably best known for her novel, "Ship of Fools", published in 1962 and later made into a movie. Museum contains Porter memorabilia and that of other Southwest writers, artists, and poets. Open Tue–Fri 1–6p, Sat 9a–5p. www.english.txstate.edu/KAP CLAIBORNE KYLE LOG HOUSE: 512-268-9981; On CR 136 SW of Kyle. In 1850 Claiborne and Lucy Bugg Kyle built this massive log house on a bluff overlooking the Blanco River where they, their 8 children and one adopted son lived. Built of huge cedar logs, the four-pen, linear dog-trot house has four rooms, each about 16-feet square lined up, two on either side of the dog trot. Restored and furnished by the Kyle Log House Commission. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Open first Sun, Apr-Aug, 2-5p. PLUM CREEK GOLF COURSE: 512-262-5555; 750 Kohlers Crossing Rd, Kyle, TX 78640. Public, 18 holes, 7132 yds, par 72. www.plumcreekgolf.com Note, the OLD KYLE CITY JAIL: No longer located in Kyle, was moved years ago to Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, and reportedly is not available for touring because of its condition. NEARBY & HILL COUNTRY-WIDE ATTRACTIONS: See Attractions. Some of the very nearby attractions include: AUSTIN: STATE CAPITOL; GOLF, MUSEUMS, PARKS, WORLD-CLASS ATTRACTIONS BUDA: HISTORIC DOWNTONW DISTRICT; CABELA'S; JARDINE'S DRIFTWOOD: SALT LICK BBQ (world renowned for its barbecue, cole slaw and cobbler) DRIFTWOOD VINEYARDS; MANDOLA ESTATE WINERY; WIMBERLEY VALLEY WINERY SAN MARCOS: AQUARENA SPRINGS; BELVIN STREET DISTRICT; HISTORIC CITY HALL AND FIRE WIMBERLEY: BELLA VISTA OLIVE RANCH; CORRAL THEATRE; EMILY ANN THEATRE; HUNTERS CHASE FARMS; JACOB'S WELL; CENTRAL TEXAS BONSAI EXHIBIT/JADE GARDENS; OLD BALDY; GOLF; WIMBERLEY GLASS WORKS; LAVENDER FARMS; WIMBERLEY PLAYERS; WIMBERLEY ZIPLINE ADVENTURES PARKS: There are many parks in the greater area as profiled on the Parks page. These nearby parks include: CANYON LAKE AREA: CANYON PARK; CANYON BEACH PARK; COMAL PARK; CRANES MILL PARK; GUADALUPE PARK; NORTH PARK; OVERLOOK PARK; POTTERS CREEK PARK; JACOB'S PARK Local city parks include: STEEPLECHASE PARK: 295 Hallie Dr.; playscape, pavilion, disc golf, beach volley ball, trails, sport fields; city owned. WATERLEAF PARK: 600 Abundace Ln; sport fields, playground, disc golf, waterleaf, 92 acres; city owned. GREGG-CLARKE PARK: 1300 W. Center Street; 32 acres, sport fields courts, playscape, pavilion, pool; city owned. CITY SQUARE PARK: 101 S Burleson St., Downtown; 1 acre, gazebo, old city hall building/hall, water fountain; city owned. EVENT CALENDAR: For full details on each event see Chamber web site and Festivals & Events January: Polar Bear Splash (New Years Day) February: March: Easter Egg-Stravaganza April: Annual Kyle Earth Day Share Fair; Pitch-Hit-Run Competition; Outdoor Family Campout May: Plum Creek Front Porch Days June: July: 4th Celebration August: September: Movies-In-The-Park; Chamber Classic Golf Tournament; St. Anthony's Annual Fiesta; Claiborne Kyle Log House Chicken Dinner (4th Sat) October: Fair & Music Festival (3rd WE); Kyle-O-Meter 5K (3rd WE); Halloween Carnival November: Dia De Los Muertos Festival (1st WE); Family Fun Bike Ride December: Santa's Arrival & Tree Lighting On-Going Events: For full details on each event see Hill Country Market Days, Trade Days, Farmers Markets: KYLE MARKET DAYS & FARMERS MARKET: Chamber: 512-268-4220; 1st Sat, 9a-2p, Apr-Nov, at historic City Square Park, downtown. Shaddy trees and pavilion. Live local music while you shop. Artists, craftsmen, farmers booths. Profile WEATHER: Weather Underground MEDIA COVERAGE: ON-LINE NEWS: TOPIX NEWS; SAN MARCOS MERCURY; KYLE-BUDA EAGLE (serves Buda, Kyle) NEWSPAPER: HAYS FREE PRESS: 512-268-7862; 109 W. Center Street, Kyle, TX 78640. www.haysfreepress.com (serves Buda, Kyle, N Hays County) MAPS: Google; GeoHack HISTORY: Handbook of Texas Online: "At its site the Balcones Escarpment meets the blackland prairie; to the east there is farming and to the west, ranching. The town was established on July 24, 1880, when David E. Moore and Fergus Kyle (for whom the town was named) deeded 200 acres for a townsite to the International-Great Northern Railroad. The new town drew residents and businesses from Mountain City, three miles west, and Blanco, four miles west. Tom Martin operated the first business in Kyle. The community's population exceeded 500 by 1882 but later declined. Kyle was incorporated in 1928 as a general-law city with a mayor and five council members. In 1937 Mary Kyle Hartson, daughter of Fergus Kyle, was elected mayor by a write-in vote. In the early 1940s Kyle was noted as the only Texas town with an all-woman government. In the 1980s the community was served by the Hays Consolidated Independent School District. The Mary Lee Foundation School, at a seventy-three-acre site north of Kyle, educated multi-handicapped students. Kyle, located in the developing region between Austin and San Antonio, opened five new residential subdivisions in 1984-85, though three of these went bankrupt during the economic slump of the late 1980s. In 1989 a prerelease prison facility, classified as "minimal to medium" security, opened in Kyle; it housed prisoners in the last two years of incarceration who were being prepared for reentry into society. In the early 1990s Kyle reported a population of 2,256, with seventy-nine businesses. In 1992 the town had a library, a post office, a newspaper, a medical clinic, a strip shopping center, two banks, three grocery stores, and four churches. The town has been home to San Jacinto hero John Wheeler Bunton, Ambassador Edwin J. Kyle, Rhodes scholar Terrell Sledge, American League baseball pitcher C. C. "Tex" Hughson, historian Milton Nance, and authors Katherine Anne Porter and Lena Elithe Hamilton Kirkland." PRIOR NAMES: None NATIONAL REGISTRY SITES: CLAIBORNE KYLE LOG HOUSE CEMETERIES: Kyle (1853) AVAILABLE SERVICES: Gas: yes; Convenience Stores: yes; Restaurants: yes; Lodging: yes; Grocery Stores: yes; Banks: yes; Vehicle Repair: yes; Hospital: yes; Med Clinic: yes; Post Office: yes; Public Schools: yes; Cemetery: yes OTHER PROFILES: Wikipedia; ePodunk; City Data; Texas Escapes; Travel Texas NOTES: (We welcome submission of updates, additions, corrections and digital photos, without compensation.)
BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION DIRECTORY See web sites shown above. Partial list below:LODGING (THE) INN ABOVE ONION CREEK: 512-268-1617; 4444 W FM 150, Kyle, TX 78640. www.innaboveonioncreek.com. 12 guest rooms on 88 scenic acres, the rooms are large, luxurious and comfortable, and the views are spectacular. Perfect getaway for both pleasure travelers and small corporate retreats. LA QUINTA INN & SUITES-KYLE: 512-295-5599; 18869 IH 35 North, Kyle, TX 78640 (THE) WINFIELD INN: 512-268-1420; 900 Scott Street, Kyle, TX 78640 PUBLIC SERVICES CENTER POINT ENERGY (NATURAL GAS): 512-392-6672; www.centerpointenergy.com
SCHOOLS HAYS CISD: 268-2141; www.hayscisd.net
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS & SERVICES Boys and Girls Club of South Central Texas: 512-805-3000
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