Round Mountain, Travis County, Texas

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Round Mountain, Travis County, Texas
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Round Mountain
Coordinates: 30°34′32″N97°56′31″W / 30.57556°N 97.94194°W / 30.57556; -97.94194
Country United States
State Texas
County Travis
Elevation
932 ft (284 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 512 & 737
GNIS feature ID2034570 [1]

Round Mountain is an unincorporated community in Travis County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 59 in 2000. It is located within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.

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History

This community was established in the 1870s and was given the name of a nearby topographical feature. The area was depicted on county highway maps from the 1930s as having a cemetery and houses. Even until the 1980s, the region remained rural. There were 59 people living there in 1990; this number persisted through the year 2000. At that time, Round Mountain was not depicted on road maps, but the area was still crisscrossed by many residential roads, and Round Mountain Road served as a memorial to the former settlement. [2]

Geography

Round Mountain is located 24 mi (39 km) northwest of Austin in northwestern Travis County near the Williamson County line. [2]

Education

In the 1870s, a school was where this community first got its start. On a plot of land that J. R. Faubion donated, a log building was erected. Early instructors were Rufus Smith, Josie Hickman, J. D. Stephen, and Minnie Watson. A new school was built by the locals in 1888, and it served children from rural areas until it was destroyed by fire in 1929. County highway maps from the 1930s indicated the school in the area and a new structure was built. Additionally, the school served as a venue for community events. The school merged with Leander in 1940. Alumni from the school started working on restoring the historic structure into a community center in the late 1950s. [2] Schools that serve the community today are Bagdad Elementary School, Stacy Kaye Danielson Middle School, and Glenn High School.

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