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Valley Spring, Texas

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Less than a mile from Whistleville, Davie Owen opened a competing mill and gin. The community surrounding Owen's mill was known as Bugscuffle. When a post office was established in 1878, it was located at the Bugscuffle establishment, which was renamed Valley Spring after the area's terrain and numerous springs. Four years later, the stage route from
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The area was originally settled by the O.C.J. Phillips family in 1854 and was known as Phillips Ranch in the early years. Phillips son, W.O., established a cotton gin and sawmill on the ranch in 1860. Locals started referring to the community as Whistleville after the mill's summoning work whistle.
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The population had reached 100 by the 1930s, but had declined to 50 by the late 1960s. It remained at level through 2000. Valley Spring has a post office with the ZIP code 76885.
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was changed in 1882 and Mr. Owen built a store on the new route at the present-day site of Valley Spring.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valley Spring, Texas
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Public education in the community of Valley Spring is provided by the
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in northwestern Llano County, approximately 12 miles northwest of
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Unincorporated community
Valley Spring is located in Texas
Valley Spring is located in the United States
30°51′34″N 98°49′02″W / 30.85944°N 98.81722°W / 30.85944; -98.81722
Country
State
Texas
County
Llano
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
ZIP codes
GNIS
unincorporated community
Llano County
Texas
Handbook of Texas
State Highway 71
Llano
Llano
Brady
Llano Independent School District
Llano Elementary School
Llano Junior High School
Llano High School

James Fields Smathers

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