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Kerrville is a city in Texas, and the county seat of Kerr County, Texas, United States. [4] The population of Kerrville was 24,278 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ] Kerrville is named after James Kerr , a major in the Texas Revolution , and friend of settler-founder Joshua Brown , who settled in the area to start a shingle-making camp.
Kerr County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 52,598. [1] Its county seat is Kerrville. [2] The county was named by Joshua D. Brown for his fellow Kentucky native, James Kerr, a congressman of the Republic of Texas.
The Capt. Charles Schreiner Mansion is located in Kerrville in the U.S. state of Texas. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kerr County, Texas in 1975. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1962. The mansion is currently the home of the Hill Country Museum.
This is a list of properties and districts in Illinois that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 1,900 in total. Of these, 85 are National Historic Landmarks. There are listings in all of the state's 102 counties. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 21, 2025.
Devils Island Wildlife Management Area is managed as public access for hunting. It is managed, coterminously with the Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area, by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources from a full-time office in nearby Jonesboro. [1] The park is made up of bottomland, hardwood forest lands, and agricultural fields.
As of 2022, the park continues to be managed for hunting purposes, with archery deer, dove, quail, rabbit, squirrel, turkey, and various fur-bearing small game availabilities. Permits and licenses are required. [1] Efforts are being made to redevelop portions of the state tract for off-road vehicle (ORV) recreational use. In November 2017, IDNR ...
Joshua David Brown (1816–1876) [1] was a Texas pioneer who became the first settler of Kerrville, the seat of Kerr County in the Texas Hill Country west of San Antonio.Brown donated the original 4-acre (16,000 m 2) townsite for Kerrville, and the community was named after his friend and fellow Kentucky native, James Kerr (1790–1850).