[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 1940, J.D. Scott was hired away from a water company in Dripping Springs to run the waterworks for the city of Kyle.

“He was not only the water person, he more or less was Kyle’s only employee” at that time, said Wynette “Tutta” Barton, a long-time Kyle resident.

(photo by Moses Leos III)

Scott was key in developing a good portion of the downtown area, turning what used to be farmland in to what is known as the Scott subdivision along Scott Stre...