{"id":9157,"date":"2023-04-26T16:19:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunrisebeacdev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=9157"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:33:25","slug":"history-of-sbv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sunrisebeachtx.gov\/?page_id=9157","title":{"rendered":"History of SBV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-a2946a77\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns alignfull has-2-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-center ticss-a2946a77\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-bbddf55b\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1545\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/sunrisebeachtx.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/McNair.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunrisebeachtx.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/McNair.png 1545w, https:\/\/sunrisebeachtx.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/McNair-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/sunrisebeachtx.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/McNair-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/sunrisebeachtx.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/McNair-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/sunrisebeachtx.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/McNair-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/sunrisebeachtx.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/McNair-1024x1326.png 1024w, https:\/\/sunrisebeachtx.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/McNair-600x777.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-92b2db05\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<h1 id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-8f1f2647\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-8f1f2647\">M. Bruce McNair<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">First Mayor of Sunrise Beach 1973-1976<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Sunrise Beach Village is one of the first lakefront subdivisions on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), is located between Marble Falls and Llano in Llano County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:15px\">It was founded in 1958 by developer David Miller of San Antonio as a resort and retirement center and given the name Sunrise Beach. In 1966 the community had recreational facilities, motels, restaurants, and businesses concerned with building trades. By 1970 the estimated population had risen to 800 and peaked at 1,025 in the mid-1970s. The community was incorporated shortly thereafter, and the name was later changed to Sunrise Beach Village.  In 1990 the population was 497. The population reached 704 in 2000.  As of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_United_States_census\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 United States census<\/a>, there were 739 people, 445 households and 319 families residing in the city. The City of Sunrise Beach Village had a population of 744 as of July 1, 2023. The primary coordinate point for Sunrise Beach Village is located at latitude 30.5996 and longitude&nbsp;-98.41 in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.llano.tx.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Llano County<\/a>. The&nbsp;formal boundaries for the City of Sunrise Beach Village&nbsp;encompass a land area of 1.69 sq. miles and a water area of 0.6 sq. miles. Llano County is in the Central time zone (GMT -6). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:15px\">The City of Sunrise Beach Village has a C1\u00a0Census Class Code\u00a0which indicates an active incorporated place that does not serve as a county subdivision equivalent. It also has a Functional Status Code of &#8220;A&#8221; which identifies\u00a0an active government providing primary general-purpose functions. Sunrise Beach Village is served by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Llano_Independent_School_District\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Llano Independent School District<\/a> and ESD #5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10618,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9157","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>History of SBV - Sunrise Beach Village Texas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sunrisebeachtx.gov\/?page_id=9157\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History of SBV - 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