Known as "The Crossroads Of Texas," Hearne is nestled at the crossroads of three major highways as well as two major Union Pacific Railroad lines. TX 6, US 79, & US 190 cross in Hearne. The former east-west Missouri Pacific Railroad line converges with the former north-south Southern Pacific Railroad line in Hearne. Union Pacific's Hearne hub sends crews and trains out in many directions.

Hearne's Historic Railroad Depot was recently moved across TX 6 from where it had been for the past 100 years. Efforts are underway to transform this depot into a museum featuring exhibits about the local area as well as railroad and train memorabilia. This depot's floor plans are on file in the U.S. Library of Congress American Memory Collection.

Robertson County's most recent Texas Historic Marker commemorates the Camp Hearne World War II Prisoner Of War Camp. Some 5,000 prisoners, many of them from General Rommel's Afrika Korps, were housed at Camp Hearne between 1942 - 1946. A full-scale model of the camp is at the Hearne Chamber of Commerce office. Efforts are underway to preserve the camp and build a roadside park with a visitors center. Have you read the new book, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners Of War At Camp Hearne?

The Hearne Municipal Airport runway is the longest in central Texas. Once used as a runway to shoot landings by fighter jets from the Strategic Air Command in San Antonio, the Hearne Airport now hosts Robertson County's Air Weather Observation System (AWOS). This link to the National Weather Service provides pilots and others with local weather conditions. With 7,200 feet of paved runway infrastructure already in place, efforts are underway to expand the Hearne Municipal Airport.