Babyhead

Baby Head is on State Highway 16 near Babyhead Mountain, ten miles north of Llano in north central Llano County. A post office was established there in 1879 with Shelby Walling as postmaster; the post office was closed in 1918. Baby Head was at one time the site of an election and justice court precinct and supported several small businesses and a school. By 1968 it was a rural community of twenty people marked only by a cemetery. In 1990 the population was still twenty.

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James B. Heckert-Greene | © TSHA

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Currently Exists

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Place type

Babyhead is classified as a Town

Associated Names

  • [Baby Head]

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No