Mountain Home, Texas
Unincorporated community in Kerr County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Mountain Home
Mountain Home is an unincorporated community in Kerr County, Texas, United States, at the intersection of State Hwy 27 and State Hwy 41. Mountain Home has a post office with the ZIP code 78058.
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How Mountain Home is governed
Mountain Home appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Kerr County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Mountain Home does have local officials.
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Residents of Mountain Home
Registered voters elect the officials below.
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Mayor
Executive
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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City Manager / Administrator
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The professional administrator who runs day-to-day operations (in some cities appointed by the council instead of the mayor).
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Police Chief
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Leads the police department.
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Fire Chief
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Leads the fire and emergency services department.
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Public Works Director
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Streets, water, sewer, and city buildings.
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Finance Director
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Planning & Zoning Director
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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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Parks & Recreation Director
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Parks, programs, and public facilities.
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City Council
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The elected body that passes ordinances, sets the tax rate and approves the budget.
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City Clerk
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Keeps the official records, runs meeting agendas and, often, local elections.
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City Attorney
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The city's lawyer; advises officials and prosecutes ordinance violations.
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Boards & Commissions
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Citizen advisory bodies, such as planning, zoning appeals and library boards.
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Municipal Court
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Municipal Judge
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Presides over the municipal court.
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History
The community area was the site of an 1878 Indian raid, in which four settlers, all children, were killed.
The first Mountain Home post office was established in 1879, with Hiram L Nelson as the first Postmaster.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Fisheries Research Station opened on Highway 27 in 1925.
The Texas Catholic Boys Camp was started in Mountain Home in 1951 by the Society of Mary.
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