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24 Miles SE of Llano
6 Miles SW of Marble Falls
Horseshoe Bay is located off Farm Road 2147 and on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson in the southeastern corner of Llano County. The land was a ranch when cousins Wayne and Norman Hurd began development of a lakeshore resort area about 1972. Wayne Hurd reportedly named the community after finding a horseshoe in the lakebed during a period when the lake level had dropped. During the next two decades the community grew to serve primarily retirees and resort-goers. Many of the homes served as second homes. Horseshoe Bay had its own municipal utility district which provided services. In 1990 the population was 1,546, and a post office opened in the mid-1990s. By 2000 the population had grown to 3,337 with thirty-seven listed businesses. Residents incorporated in 2005 and elected a mayor and city council. The retirement and resort community offers many recreational amenities including three eighteen-hole golf courses, a hotel, a marina, and a yacht club. Horseshoe Bay also has two banks, two churches, a police department, and a fire department. |
If you are looking for privacy and luxury Escondido in Horseshoe Bay is your destination. Escondido is a private lakeside golf preserve. Escondido, is located on the shores of Lake LBJ. Escondido offers a private 18-hole golf course designed by Tom Fazio. Unequaled amenities and Lurxury prevail this Tuscan inspired oasis.
Skywater is the newest addition to the Horeshoe Bay Area. Skywater is about living a resort style life while preserving the land and it's natural beauty.
Horseshoe Bay South is in the The Marble Falls School District . The district encompasses a very large area (268 Square Miles) and serves the communities of Marble Falls, Meadowlakes, Granite Shoals, Highland Haven, Cottonwood, Fairland, Smithwick, Horseshoe Bay South, and Spicewood."The mission of MFISD as the learning center of this community is to shape future generations to be productive citizens through the pursuit of excellence and equity in education."
MFISD is a 4-A disdtrct and has an enrollment exceeding 3,800 students. The district has four elementary schools, all of which have pre-kindergarten through 5th grades: Colt Elementary ; Marble Falls Elementary ; Highland Lakes Elementary ; and our newest campus, Spicewood Elementary . Attendance zones for the elementary schools may be accessed on the district website under "public info." The district has three secondary campuses: Marble Falls Middle School (grades 6-8); Falls Career High School (a non-traditional alternative high school); and Marble Falls High School (grades 9-12).
The balance of Horseshoe Bay is in the Llano ISD is a AAA district with approximately 1900 students K-12. The town and community still generate the work ethic of its German American founders and Llano ISD is therefore a blending of the old and the new. |