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KOERTH,
TEXASLavaca County,
Central Texas S
FM 531 abd 3 Miles W of Highway 77
12 Miles S of Hallettsville
Population: 45 (estimate)
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courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
History in a Pecam
Shell
Irish settlers arrived three years before Texas Independence
was declared. The site was first known as Yellow Bank and later Antioch.
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church were built around 1865. German and Czech
immigrants replanced the original settlers after the Civil War. Storekeeper C.
J. Koerth opened a post office in his store from 1884 through 1910 (although it
was closed from 1887-1893). Koerth built a school in 1914.
Highway 77
was constructed in the 1950s about the same time the Koerth school merged with
Sweet Home. The population remained
at about 20 from the 30s until after WWII when it swelled to 30.
The church
remains the cornerstone of the community in 2007 and the estimated population
is 45. |
St.
John the Baptist Catholic Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
| Photo
courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
Former
Koerth Church School?
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
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