Llano County, Texas Records

Llano County, Texas (Map It) was created on February 1, 1856 from Bexar County and Gillespie County. This county was named for the Llano River (Llano is Spanish for "plains").

Llano County is bordered by San Saba County (north), Burnet County (east), Blanco County (southeast), Gillespie County (south), Mason County (west).

Llano County Cities and Towns include Horseshoe Bay, Kingsland, Sunrise Beach Village..

A Map of Llano County, Texas contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.

Llano County, Texas Courthouse Records

The Llano County Courthouse is located in Llano, Texas. Learn More About State of Texas Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.

The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.

The following dates indicate what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Llano county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.

Courthouse was destroyed and many county records were destroyed by fire in December 1873. Again courthouse was entirely consumed by fire in Oct of 1880, destroying the office of the district and county clerk, containing all the county records, etc (more). Courthouse, built in 1885, was destroyed by fire on January 23, 1892. Papers and records of the clerks office were the only records saved. The tower and parts of the interior of the Llano County Courthouse, built in 1893, was damaged by fire in Sept 1932. Also fire destroyed the courthouse Dec, 17, 1951, county's oldest records were destroyed. (more)

• Llano County Clerk has Birth & Death Records from 1903, Marriage Records from 1880, Land Records from 1875, Probate Records from 1881 and Court Records from 1882. The County Clerk's office is the place where all transactions having to do with land are recorded and kept on file. They take marriage license applications, issues marriage licenses, files the license after the marriage, and maintains a permanent record of the marriage, surveys and plats of subdivisions, Armed Forces discharge papers for all veterans who reside in the county. Some naturalization records have been found with the deeds.
• Llano County Tax Assessor-Collector Office is responsible for the the assessment of taxes on each property in the county and collection of that tax

Llano County, Texas Census Records

• Learn More: State of Texas Census Records
• U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
• Texas Census Substitute Records: 1820-1890
• U.S. Federal Census Slave Schedules: 1860
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1860, 1870 and 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1860, 1870 and 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1860, 1870 and 1880
• Union Veterans Schedules: 1890

Llano County, Texas Vital Records

• Learn More: State of Texas Vital Records
• Birth and Death Records: from 1903 to present.
• Marriage Records: available from the County Clerk
• Divorce Records: available from the Clerk of District Court
• Locations: Texas Department of State Health Services
• Vital Records Online: USAVital or Social Security Death Index
• Vital Records by Mail: Birth and Death Certificate Applications.
• In Person:  Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756; (888) 963-7111 or (512) 458-7111

Llano County, Texas Resources

• Kingsland Genealogical Society
• Hill Country Genealogical Society, Prairie Mt. Rt., LLano, TX 78643
• Llano Co. Records Available on Microfilm
• Llano County, Texas Message Boards

Llano County, Texas External Links

• Texas Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
• Historical Newspapers from Texas (1813 - 1993)
• Llano County, Texas Books - Amazon
• Llano Co., Texas - FindaGrave
• Historic First Presbyterian Church of Llano   founded in 1881
• Texas, Gonzalez de la Garza Genealogy Collection
• Llano Co., Texas Almanac
• Texas county histories : a bibliography
• Llano County History
• Llano County, Texas Links - Cyndi's List
• Llano Co. TXGenweb
• Llano County, Texas Ancestry Database Collections
• Texas General Land Office Map Collection
• Llano County, Texas Military Records