The famous person Col. John Claiborne Kyle is associated with one of more of the Hays County historic places.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Hays County places including Roy L. Thomas, John Cape, B.F. Donalson, Edward Northcraft and Samuel Blue Bales. Prominent architectural styles found in Hays Country are Italianate, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Late Gothic Revival.