Exploring Sherwood Shores: A Look at Two Unique Developments in Burnet County


By: Laurie E. Jasinski

Published: December 9, 2005

The name Sherwood Shores applies to at least two shoreline developments along the Highland Lakes region in western Burnet County. One development, often referred to as Sherwood Shores III, is located about a mile downstream from Roy Inks Dam and ten miles southwest of Burnet. The other development is located farther downstream on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, about fourteen miles southwest of Burnet. Settlement began around the early 1960s, when residents chartered a Baptist church. By the early 1970s highway maps showed Sherwood Shores in two locations, and residents had organized an Assembly of God church and a Seventh Day Adventist church. The first population statistics, apparently for both communities combined, were given in 2000, when the census reported 870 residents.

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Darrell Debo, Burnet County History (2 vols., Burnet, Texas: Eakin, 1979).

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Laurie E. Jasinski, “Sherwood Shores, TX (Burnet County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/sherwood-shores-tx-burnet-county.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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December 9, 2005

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Place
Sherwood Shores
Currently Exists
Yes
Place Type
Town
USGS ID
1377753
Town Fields
  • Has post office: No
  • Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to
  • Burnet County
Coordinates
  • Latitude: 30.59352130°
  • Longitude: -98.35891450°
Population Counts
People Year
920 2009

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