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Llano County, Texas
A local guide to the county: the stories that give it a shape, practical checks, and a few things worth knowing before they surprise you. Every note points to its source.
10 stories · 5 practical · 1 good to know
The practical part
Llano County offices and deadlines
Appraisal district & tax office →
The Comptroller's official directory for Llano County: who sets your value and who sends the bill.
Homestead exemption →
File Form 50-114 with the appraisal district. It is free. The regular deadline is April 30, and late filing is allowed for up to two years.
Protest your appraisal →
The usual deadline is May 15, or 30 days after your notice arrives, whichever is later.
Estimate a tax bill →
Model a bill from local rates, the homestead exemption, and the appraisal cap.
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A little of what makes this place itself
Castell · River Access
Castell Crossing Opens 950 Feet of the Llano River
A TPWD lease at Castell Crossing provides about 950 feet of Llano River frontage for bank fishing and nonmotorized fishing access through August 2027.
Llano · River Park
Robinson City Park Keeps Llano on the River
Robinson City Park stretches along the Llano River west of downtown, giving the city camping, swimming, fields, and river frontage in one public place.
Lake Buchanan · Lake Park
Black Rock Park Is Llano County's Lake Buchanan Camp Base
Black Rock Park gives the Llano County side of Lake Buchanan a public camping and swimming base run by the Lower Colorado River Authority.
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- Stories & local character Outdoors Castell Crossing Opens 950 Feet of the Llano River A TPWD lease at Castell Crossing provides about 950 feet of Llano River frontage for bank fishing and nonmotorized fishing access through August 2027. Castell
- Practical Outdoors Inks Lake State Park: Camping and Water Recreation Near Llano County Inks Lake State Park is in Burnet County, just east of Llano County, and offers year-round camping, fishing, and swimming on a lake that holds a steady water level.
- Stories & local character Outdoors Robinson City Park Keeps Llano on the River Robinson City Park stretches along the Llano River west of downtown, giving the city camping, swimming, fields, and river frontage in one public place. Llano
- Practical Outdoors Deer Hunting in Llano County Llano County has a large white-tailed deer population and is widely recognized for deer hunting, but nearly all land is private, so access requires a lease or landowner permission.
- Good to know History & Culture Llano County's Granite Geology and German Settlement Roots Llano County sits on an ancient granite formation called the Llano Uplift. Its first settlers were mostly German immigrants who came in the 1840s after a peace treaty with the Comanche.
- Stories & local character Outdoors Black Rock Park Is Llano County's Lake Buchanan Camp Base Black Rock Park gives the Llano County side of Lake Buchanan a public camping and swimming base run by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Lake Buchanan
- Practical Money & Taxes Using Wildlife Management to Keep Low Property Taxes in Llano County Landowners with an ag tax appraisal can switch to a wildlife management valuation and keep the lower tax rate while supporting wildlife.
- Stories & local character Outdoors Badu Park Gives Downtown Llano a Lake Edge Badu Park puts fishing, picnics, a beach, and small-boat water access within a short hop of Llano's downtown square. Llano
- Practical Money & Taxes How to Apply for a Homestead Exemption in Llano County A homestead exemption lowers the taxable value of your home, but you have to apply for it yourself.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Bluffton Moved Once After Fire and Again for Lake Buchanan Bluffton rebuilt after an 1883 fire, then moved five miles west when Lake Buchanan covered the old townsite. Bluffton
- Practical Money & Taxes Where to Handle Property Tax in Llano County Llano County splits property value questions and tax-bill questions between two nearby offices in Llano.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Kingsland Had a Railroad Life Before Lake LBJ Kingsland grew around a railroad at the Llano-Colorado confluence before Wirtz Dam and Lake LBJ gave the town a second chapter. Kingsland
- Stories & local character History & Culture Llano's Granite Courthouse Anchors the Square The 1893 Llano County Courthouse uses granite, limestone, and brick to give the county seat its Hill Country shape. Llano
- Stories & local character History & Culture Badu House Brings a Granite-Era Story to Downtown Llano Badu House gives downtown Llano another piece of its stone-built past, tied to a 19th-century local businessman and the courthouse-square era. Llano
- Stories & local character History & Culture Castell Outlasted Its Sister Settlements German immigrants founded Castell beside the Llano River in 1847, and the community endured after three nearby settlements faded. Castell
- Stories & local character History & Culture The Red Top Jail Is a Smaller Granite Landmark Llano's old jail brings the same granite character down to a rougher, more human scale than the courthouse. Llano
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