| Kyle, Texas, a small suburb of Austin, has a surprising | | | | The small town is home to many other local celebrities, |
| amount of notable historical figures claiming it as their | | | | some of which even branch outside of the sphere of |
| home. Despite being a town with only 5,314 residents | | | | its influence. Terrell Sledge, the US ambassador called |
| as of the last census count, Kyle can boast a Rhodes | | | | Kyle his home, and the composer Fitzhugh Andrews |
| scholar, a professional baseball player, an international | | | | was also a resident. |
| ambassador, and a Pulitzer prize-winning author. | | | | The town is proud of its heritage of notable figures, |
| The small town of Kyle was formed originally as a | | | | especially of Porter. Her former home has been |
| stopping point for the International-Great Northern | | | | converted to a "writer's retreat", and can be visited at |
| Railroad line. Its proximity to the line made it an ideal | | | | any time and used by writers with appointment. |
| spot to start a small general store in town. In 1881 Capt. | | | | Another notable fact about the history of Kyle, Texas |
| Fergus Kyle founded the small community. The town | | | | is one of their progressive nature. In the early 1940s, |
| was named after him, and he later became a state | | | | when the rest of the nation was strictly adhering to the |
| legislator. | | | | divide between men and women, Kyle not only had an |
| In the early 1900s, a local author, Katherine Anne | | | | all woman government but was the only city in the |
| Porter, began her writing career. She jumped from field | | | | state to have one. |
| to field throughout her career, acting as a journalist, | | | | Like most of Austin's surrounding suburbs, Kyle has |
| short story writer, and eventually an activist, but is best | | | | been largely unaffected by the economic decline in the |
| known for her collection of short stories, The Collected | | | | housing crisis. Unlike the majority of the country, Kyle |
| Stories, which he wrote in 1966, and which would later | | | | has actually seen an increase in housing values during |
| go on to win the Pulitzer Prize. | | | | the recession. For the majority of the years 2007 and |
| C. C. "Tex" Hughson, another area resident, started his | | | | 2008, the average home price in Kyle solidly hovered |
| baseball career in the small town of Kyle playing for | | | | around the $135,000 mark. However, the last quarter |
| the high school team. He showed a great talent for | | | | of 2009, the average home price actually increased to |
| baseball, specifically pitching. Hughson would later go on | | | | the $165,000 mark. |
| to pitch in the major leagues for the Boston Red Sox. | | | | |