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| History
in a Pecan Shell
Norman Woods, a survivor of the Dawson Massacre, received land here as a
grant when Texas was still a Republic. Situated on the old La Bahía Road, a store
and gin were built in 1880 and the town even had a nursery. Bohemian immigrants
named the community after a town in the old country and the town received a post
office in 1894 (closed in 1905). Cotton was
the basis of the community's economy.
During the early years, the town
had separate schools teaching in both Czech and German. The German school merged
with the school at Praha and many years
later the Novohrad school merged with Moulton
schools. The population in 1950 was a mere 25 people. After WWII
businesses either closed or moved to Moulton.
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1907
Lavaca County Postal map showing Novohrad
(Above "LA" in "LAVACA".
Near Fayette/Lavaca County line)
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