• Quick Facts: Horseshoe Bay

• City Website: www.horseshoe-bay-tx.gov
• 2000 Population: 3,337
• 2009 Estimated Population: 2,502
• Median Family Income: $75,600
• Median Home Value: $282,200
• 2010 Taxe Rate: 1.7681 per $100 (Llano County) 1.948 per $100 (Burnet County)
• ZIP: 78657

Horseshoe Bay offers affluent southern living at its finest, boasting top golf courses, thriving businesses, and relaxing sunsets on the banks of Lake LBJ.
Rolling from the rocky hills just south of RR 2147 to the edge of constant-level Lake LBJ on its north side, Horseshoe Bay is a gem of carefully planned development. Although its eastern border is within Burnet County, Horseshoe Bay is located primarily within Llano County. It includes private clubs, a first-class resort hotel, three marinas, and an airport where corporate and private jets come and go. Two churches on the summit of Thanksgiving Mountain - one Catholic and the other Protestant - share views of the azure bay and hills that seem to fold into infinity, making you "feel closer to heaven," as one parishioner says. But back on earth, this little kingdom has been run by a council-city manager government since the community incorporated in 2005, and a vigilant property owners association that ensures the Bay's carefully constructed ambiance - and property values - are well protected.
It wasn't always a showplace of towering palms, manicured golf courses, bubbling fountains, and elegant homes. More than 40 years ago, cattle roamed what was mostly ranch land. Millionaires entertained "Texas-style" there, and cowboys bet on favored dogs in weekend "fox races." Back then Horseshoe Bay was called the "Coca-Cola Ranch" because soft drink bottlers in Dallas and Fort Worth owned the land. The fox races ended after cousins Norman and Wayne Hurd plunked down $2 million in 1970 - about $11 million in today's dollars - on a bet of their own: that 2,400 acres of raw ranchland could be turned into one of the state's finest resorts. They did it, and their gamble paid handsomely.
Aside from Lake LBJ, where many residents dock their boats at their back door, the city's golf courses are the place to be. Horseshoe Bay Resort operates three private courses, all designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. Another by Jack Nicklaus is under construction. Escondido, a development within Horseshoe Bay, makes membership available to its Tom Fazio golf course to those who purchase property within its gated walls.

Emergency: 911

City Hall: 1 Community Dr., 830.598.8741
City Manager: Stan R. Farmer
Commissioners: Llano: Pct. 1, Johnnie Heck; Burnet: Pct. 4, Joe Don Dockery
Constables: Llano: Pct. 1, Jerry Drummond; Burnet: Pct. 4, Chris Jett
Mayor: Bob Lambert
Council: Cynthia Clinesmith, Claudia Haydon, Phillip Lee, Jeff Robinson, Fred Owen
Electric: PEC, 830.868.7155/888.554.4732
Garbage: Allied Waste, 830.693.3513
Horseshoe Bay POA: 830.598.8795
JPs: Llano: Pct. 1, Richard Owen; Burnet: Pct. 4, Edward Cutchin
Newspapers: The Highlander, 830.693.4367; The Llano County Journal, 325.248.0682
Cable, Internet, Phone: Northland Cable, 830.693.7500; Internet/Phone: Verizon, 800.922.0204; AT&T, 800.288.2020; Internet: Zeecon, 830.798.9388; ERF, 888.534.9911; 281 Communications, 830.798.9041; Blue Mountain, 800.485.5006; Phone: Sprint, 866.866.7509
Planning & Zoning: 830.598.9972, ext. 270
Post Office: 9740 RR 2147 W., 830.598.8773. Service requires a P.O. Box; cluster mailboxes, however, provided by the POA are located in some neighborhoods.
School Enrollment: Llano ISD, www.llano.k12.tx.us, 325.247.4747
Marble Falls ISD, http://marble.tx.schoolwebpages.com, 830.693.4357
Utilities Director: Jeff Koska, 830.598.9981
Water/Sewer: City of Horseshoe Bay, 830.598.8741

NON-EMERGENCY

Police: Chief Bill Lane, 830.598.2633
Fire/EMS: Chief James A. Fiero, 830.598.6953