The colonies failed after the Adelsverein funding expired, and also due to conflict of structure and authorities.

Titles removed include In the Night Kitchen, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, and Between the World and Me.

Librarian Suzette Baker in Kingsland was fired for her refusal to remove books from the shelves.

[19][20] After a lawsuit was filed, a federal judge ruled in March 2023 that at least 12 of the books must be placed back onto shelves.

[21] In response, county commissioners considered closing the library in a special meeting.

[24] Enchanted Rock, a designated state natural area and popular tourist destination, is located in southern Llano county.

Llano County, in common with the Solid South, voted predominantly for Democratic presidential candidates well into the 1960s, with those voters being in the majority even in the 1928, 1952 and 1956 campaigns, with both races from the 1950s featuring native son Dwight D. Eisenhower heading the Republican ticket.