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Llano is the county seat and largest town of Llano County, Texas, sitting on both banks of the Llano River about 65 miles northwest of Austin in the Texas Hill Country.

Llano was founded in 1856 after the Texas legislature created Llano County on February 1 of that year, and voters chose the river site as county seat in an election held under a live oak tree on June 14, 1856.

Llano is famous as the "Deer Capital of Texas" because the Llano Basin has the highest density of white-tailed deer in the United States, and the town's population swells from around 3,000 to nearly 8,000 during deer season as hunters pour in.

Llano had 3,325 residents at the 2020 census, and Census survey data put it at roughly 1,500 households with about 61% of homes owner-occupied.

An iron-ore boom from 1886 to 1893 briefly raised hopes that Llano would become the "Pittsburgh of the West," with the population reportedly reaching 7,000 in 1890 before the boom collapsed.

Granite quarrying and finishing became a foundation of Llano's economy, growing into a million-dollar-a-year industry by the 1950s alongside farming and ranching.

The Llano County Courthouse was completed in 1893 after a fire destroyed its predecessor, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Llano's Red Top Jail, built in 1895, is one of the oldest surviving jails in Texas and still has its original hanging gallows inside.

The Roy Inks Bridge over the Llano River was built after a 1935 flood cresting at 42 feet swept away the earlier 1892 bridge.

Llano is served by the Llano Independent School District, whose Llano High School Yellow Jackets compete in orange and black.