[4] M. Robert Kidd, proprietor of the first general store, and originally from Pontotoc, Mississippi, is said to have given the community and the creek their names.

In 1859, Benjamin J. Willis was one of the first settlers in this community, that historically was a junction of roads leading to San Saba from Fort Mason and from Llano.

Agriculture products, mainly cotton and pecans, helped support a community economy that included wool and cattle.

Pontotoc fell victim to a typhoid epidemic in 1887 of such severity that it caused the establishment of a second cemetery to serve the community's needs.

[8] In 1972, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 11294 was designated to acknowledge the 1883 establishment of the Pontotoc and San Fernando Academy.