Official Name: | Mountain Home, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Label: | Mountain Home |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kerr |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1910 |
Coordinates: | 30.1742°N -99.3769°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 830 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 48-49620[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1342167 |
Mountain Home is an unincorporated community in Kerr County, Texas, United States, at the intersection of State Hwy 27 and State Hwy 41.[2] Mountain Home has a post office with the ZIP code 78058.[3]
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.
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]