# Valley Spring, Texas > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Valley_Spring%2C_Texas > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Valley_Spring%2C_Texas.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Spring%2C_Texas > Source revision: 1350757189 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Unincorporated community in Texas, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Valley Spring, Texas |official_name = |settlement_type = [Unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |pushpin_map = Texas#USA |pushpin_label = Valley Spring |pushpin_label_position = top |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Texas##Location in the United States |pushpin_mapsize = |image_map = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = [State](/source/U.S._state) |subdivision_name1 = [Texas](/source/Texas) |subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/List_of_counties_in_Texas) |subdivision_name2 = [Llano](/source/Llano_County%2C_Texas) |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = [2020](/source/United_States_Census%2C_2020) |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = [Central (CST)](/source/Central_Time_Zone_(Americas)) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = 1312 |coordinates = {{coord|30|51|34|N|98|49|02|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = [ZIP code](/source/ZIP_code)s |postal_code = 76885 |area_code = |blank_name = [FIPS code](/source/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard) |blank_info = |blank1_name = [GNIS](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System) feature ID |blank1_info = 1380705 |website = |footnotes = }} '''Valley Spring''' is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Llano County](/source/Llano_County%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas), United States.{{GNIS|1380705}} According to the [Handbook of Texas](/source/Handbook_of_Texas), the community had an estimated population of 50 in 2000.{{cite web | url = http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnv03 | title = Valley Spring, Texas | publisher = [The Handbook of Texas](/source/The_Handbook_of_Texas) online | access-date = 2009-10-24}} Valley Spring is situated along [State Highway 71](/source/Texas_State_Highway_71) in northwestern Llano County, approximately 12 miles northwest of [Llano](/source/Llano%2C_Texas).{{cite web | url = http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHillCountryTowns/Valley-Spring-Texas.htm | title = Valley Spring, Texas | publisher = Texas Escapes Online Magazine | access-date = 2009-10-24}} ==History== 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. 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{{cite web| url=http://www.affordablemoversus.com/Movers/Zip_Code/Moving-Company-in-76885.php| title=Valley Spring, TX Relocation Process|publisher=Valley Spring Movers US|date=2010-01-21}} after the area's terrain and numerous springs. Four years later, the stage route from [Llano](/source/Llano%2C_Texas) to [Brady](/source/Brady%2C_Texas) was changed in 1882 and Mr. Owen built a store on the new route at the present-day site of Valley Spring. 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.[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code] ==Education== Public education in the community of Valley Spring is provided by the [Llano Independent School District](/source/Llano_Independent_School_District). Zoned campuses include [http://www.llano.k12.tx.us/metadot/index.pl?id=2301&isa=Category&op=show Llano Elementary School] (grades PK-5), [http://www.llano.k12.tx.us/metadot/index.pl?id=2304&isa=Category&op=show Llano Junior High School] (grades 6-8), and [Llano High School](/source/Llano_High_School) [http://www.llano.k12.tx.us/metadot/index.pl?id=2305&isa=Category&op=show] (grades 9-12). ==Notable people== * [James Fields Smathers](/source/James_Fields_Smathers) (1888-1967), inventor of the electric typewriter ==References== {{reflist}} {{Llano County, Texas}} {{authority control}} Category:Unincorporated communities in Llano County, Texas Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas Category:1854 establishments in Texas Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1854 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Valley Spring, Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Spring%2C_Texas) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Spring%2C_Texas?action=history)). 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