Hornsby Bend, Texas

About Hornsby Bend

Set in the central part of Texas, Hornsby Bend is a small unincorporated community.

Hornsby Bend holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 9.4 square miles.

📰 Hornsby Bend News Today

• Hornsby Bend residents demand action on water quality, cost concerns during community town hall KXAN Austin · Aug 22
• Woman fatally shot in Travis County domestic incident, suspect hospitalized KEYE · Mar 3
• Hornsby Bend, TX Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Sep 10
• Air quality in Hornsby Bend IQAir · Jul 4
• Residential Curbside Composting Collection City of Austin, Texas (.gov) · Mar 19

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What Makes Hornsby Bend Unique

• The only place in America named Hornsby Bend — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Texas — one of 1,863 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Hornsby Bend

• Annapurna Kitchen — indian
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• 24 Diner — american
• Annie's (café)
• Caffè Medici (café)
• Caribou Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Denny's — american
• Dragon Express — chinese
• El Michoacano — mexican
• Haymaker — sandwich

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hornsby Bend

• Burr Field reviews ★
• Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park reviews ★
• Agave Neighborhood Park reviews ★
• Austin's Colony Colorado River Park reviews ★
• Austin's Colony Neighborhood Park reviews ★
• Bolm District Park reviews ★
• Charlie Dobbins Park reviews ★
• Colony Park District Park reviews ★
• Colorado Crossing Park reviews ★
• Colorado River Greenbelt reviews ★
• Colorado/Walnut Greenbelt reviews ★
• Davis White Northeast Neighborhood Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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