Hoover's Valley Cemetery

The Hoovers bought a 640-acre homestead in the valley in 1854, and the community took their name. The meetinghouse built after Isaac Hoover's oak-grove services doubled as the school until land for a new school was given in 1872. A post office opened in 1879 with John J. Mabry as postmaster but closed two years later. The district had fifty-eight pupils in 1896 and joined the Burnet Independent School District in the 1940s. In the late 1940s the Buckner Baptist Children's Home began running a ranch in the valley.

What the plaque says

Hoover's Valley Cemetery Established in 1850 by the Rev. Isaac Hoover, of local Methodist Protestant church. He came from Tennessee; soon initiated services in nearby oak grove. Oldest stone dates from about 1850. Another grave is of Whitlock family, killed by Indians. Marked graves total 157; unmarked, 88. Tract is still in use. (1969)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery — 1.4 mi
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• Longhorn Cavern State Park — 2.3 mi
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• Inks Lake State Park — 2.4 mi
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• Llano County Courthouse Square — 18 mi
  The 1893 Romanesque courthouse on Llano's square, built after a fire at the height of a boom that was meant to make the granite town an iron city.

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