A Brief History of Kingsland
Kingsland is at the juncture of the Llano and Colorado rivers, fifteen miles southeast of Llano in east central Llano County. It was originally called Kingsville, for Martin D. King, who with J. M. Trussell had purchased the land on which it is located in 1877. The town was the site of a cotton gin and a small trading center in the 1880s. Activity increased with the extension of the Austin and Northwestern Railroad to Llano through Kingsville in 1892.

By 1901 the community was known as Kingsland and had become the location of a growing number of businesses, including the Antlers Hotel, built by railroad interests. Kingsland had a reported population of 750 in 1907 but suffered a temporary decline, aggravated by a fire in 1922; in 1925 the population was reported as 150.

Historic Sites

Landmark	Data & Maps	Photos
Antlers Hotel was built by the railroad. The Antlers Hotel is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places.		Antlers Hotel
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, Lake LBJ	Historical marker	Photo
Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District Fairland to Llano	National Register listing	Photo Location map
Packsaddle Mountain is an area land mark that stands five miles southwest of Kingsland in eastern Llano County (at 30º37' N, 98º30' W) and is of interest to both historians and geologists. Its twin-peaked silhouette resembles a saddle from some perspectives. Intriguing traces of gold, silver and other minerals have been reported in the sands of Honey Creek and the mountainside. It is said to be the location of the Los Almagres mine, the object of Jim Bowie's searches for several years; records indicate that the Spanish operated a mine in the region. Prospecting on Packsaddle Mountain renewed interest in gold mining in Llano County in the 1920s, but with no lasting result. At an elevation of 1,628 feet, the higher of the two summits rises 650 feet above U.S. Highway 71. Local topography ranges from flat to rolling to steep, with local escarpments, covered with soils ranging from shallow and stony to deep, fine, sandy loams. Vegetation consists primarily of open stands of live oak and Ashe juniper. The mountain was the site of the Packsaddle Mountain Fight with Apache Indians on August 5, 1873, the last major Indian battle in the area.		Photo