Kingsland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Llano County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Kingsland had a population of 7,028. Texas Ranch to Market Road 1431 runs through the community.
Geography
Kingsland is located in eastern Llano County at the confluence of the Colorado and the Llano rivers, which combine to form Lake Lyndon B. Johnson.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 7.96%, are water.<br> 1850–1900 1910<br> 1920 1930 1940<br>
1950 1960 1970<br> 1980 1990 2000<br> 2010 2020
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|4,230
|5,239
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,228
|92.28%
|86.88%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |74.39%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|6
|61
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62
|0.13%
|1.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.88%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|12
|20
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37
|0.26%
|0.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.53%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|20
|17
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28
|0.44%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.40%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.02%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|4
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.09%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|41
|80
|style='background: #ffffe6; |284
|0.89%
|1.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.04%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|270
|610
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,372
|5.89%
|10.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19.52%
|-
|Total
|4,584
|6,030
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,028
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,028 people, 2,854 households, and 1,656 families residing in the CDP.
2000 census
As of the census The house where The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was filmed (the Texas Chainsaw House) is located here and has been restored as a restaurant. It was moved here from Round Rock, Texas, from the site of what is now the La Frontera development in Williamson County in the 1998 by the owners of the hotel, and completely renovated to become an on-site restaurant.
Also a favorite location is "The Slab", where the road traverses the clear Llano River as it crosses over granite slabs and boulders. Both residents and tourists come to the slab to bask in the warm sun and swim or wade in the clear water running over the granite.
Librarian Suzette Baker was fired in 2021 after she refused to remove books about transgender teens, sex education, and race, including Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, from the Kingsland library shelves.
Education
Kingsland is served by the Llano Independent School District, and is the location of Packsaddle Elementary School. Jr. High and High-school aged youth are bussed to Llano Jr. High and Llano High School, 18 miles away in Llano, TX.
2018 flooding
Kingsland experienced heavy rainfall catastrophic flooding following Hurricane Sergio in October 2018. The sea level of Llano River rose about in 12 hours, which flooded hundreds of homes and caused the RM2900 bridge to collapse.
Gallery
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File:Southern Pacific Railroad, Kingsland, TX IMG 1937.JPG|Southern Pacific Railroad
File:Kingsland, TX, Library IMG 1944.JPG|Kingsland Library
File:Kingsland, TX, Tourist Information Office IMG 2056.JPG|Tourist information office
File:Kingsland, TX, Community Church IMG 1945.JPG|Kingsland Community Church
File:First Baptist Church, Kingsland, TX IMG 2053.JPG|First Baptist Church
File:Highland Lakes Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist Church, Kingsland TX.jpg|Highland Lakes Baptist Church
</gallery>
See also
- Central Texas Electric Cooperative