Stanton Ranch · Texas Hill Country Weddings & Events

The Stanton Ranch event barn at golden hour in the Texas Hill Country

2,500 acres · Johnson City

A note from the ranch

We host one event at a time, and we do not charge extra for the land.

George Stanton has been working this Hill Country land since 1988, raising cattle and building something that the family has always been proud of. The ranch — 2,500 acres of ponds, pastures, wildflowers, and live oak — eventually became a place he wanted to share.

The Stanton Ranch Wedding & Event Center grew from that instinct. Not a venue manufactured for Instagram, but a working ranch that happens to be one of the most beautiful settings in all of Johnson City. When you book it, it's yours — no overlapping events, no strangers in the background of your portraits.

George Stanton

Owner · Stanton Ranch · Johnson City, Texas

The Stanton Ranch land

Most Hill Country venues are a barn on a flat acre. This one is a working 2,500-acre ranch.

The land is the whole point.

Ponds that catch the Hill Country sunset. Pastures where livestock graze the same fields your photographer will walk you through at golden hour. Wildflowers that carpet the property every spring. Live oaks, rolling terrain, and two and a half thousand acres with nobody else on them but your people.

George has been running this ranch since 1988 — it's not a manufactured backdrop. It's real Texas. And on your wedding day, all of it is yours.

Couple portrait in the Stanton Ranch pastures at golden hour — Portraits in the pasture

Couple at the ranch in the evening light — Evening light · the ranch

Aerial view of the 2,500-acre Stanton Ranch property — 2,500 acres · from above

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What's Included

The whole ranch — and the family who knows it — included.

No. 01

The event barn

A genuine working-ranch barn — rustic character, warm light, and Hill Country views. The kind of space that looks like it was always meant for this.

No. 02

Outdoor ceremony grounds

Say your vows outdoors with 2,500 acres of Hill Country behind you. No upcharge for the view. It comes with the land.

No. 03

Bridal suite + groom's space

Private getting-ready spaces so the day starts calmly. No sharing with another wedding party, no rushing.

No. 04

Ponds, pastures & wildflowers

Golden-hour portrait sessions across the full 2,500 acres. Ponds that mirror the sunset. Wildflowers in season. Livestock that make the shots feel like the real Hill Country they are.

No. 05

On-site parking

Wide, easy parking for your full guest count. No shuttle complications. Your guests arrive, park, and walk straight to the event.

No. 06

On-property lodging

Vacation rental accommodation right on the ranch. Keep your closest people nearby for the rehearsal dinner, the wedding night, and the morning after.

No. 07

Outside catering welcome

Bring your own caterer, your favorite Hill Country barbecue joint, or a food truck. The ranch doesn't tie you to a mandatory vendor list.

No. 08

One event at a time

When you book Stanton Ranch, the property is exclusively yours. No other weddings on the calendar that day. No strangers in the background.

No. 09

George picks up the phone

Call (830) 225-0959 and George answers. No contact form with a two-week wait. No event coordinator who's juggling forty clients. Just the man who owns the ranch.

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Come See It

Come walk the ranch with George.

Call the ranch

(830) 225-0959

Visit the property

203 Stanton Ranch Loop
Johnson City, TX 78636

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Tours are by appointment — call George directly at (830) 225-0959. He'll walk you through the barn, the ceremony grounds, the getting-ready spaces, and across as much of the land as you want to see. Usually about an hour. Sometimes longer if the sunset's good.

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Your Hill Country wedding, the real thing.

We host one event at a time, and we do not charge extra for the land.

Two thousand five hundred acres. One family. Yours for the weekend.