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ANDER, TEXASGoliad County,
South Texas
FM 1961
2 miles East of Highway 77 at Weser
Population:
35 (1990)
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A
view of the Ander Cemetery
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History
in a Pecan shell
Ander started life under the name Hanover. The settlers were
German - and followed a tradition of naming towns after their
towns back in the old country. Westphalia,
Oldenburg,
New Berlin, and Breman,
just to mention a few more.
The town pre-dates the Civil War and the farmers were used to driving
their turkeys to Cuero
and taking pigs to Yorktown by wagon, so they weren't too bothered
when a railroad never arrived. |
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The Bell of St. Peter's Church in Ander
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St.
Peter's Lutheran Church became the first church in Goliad County,
although the present one only dates from 1966. Ander's mail was brought
weekly from Meyersville until they applied for their own post
office in 1900. They were disappointed in finding the name
taken, so they decided to honor the Pastor of the Church, Theo Ander.
The application was granted and the post office operated until 1920.
Rural delivery started in 1927, eliminating the need to use Weser's
post office.
The Ander school was consolidated with Goliad
in 1944.
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© John Troesser |
Ander Texas
Forum
I just found
your little piece on Ander, TX and thought I would send in a correction.
The piece on the 'old school house' is correct up to the
point of it being the 'community center.' It 'was' the community
center for years and served well. However, in the early 1990s it
was decided that there was so little interest in the organization
and they could no longer maintain it and it was sold. It is now
a private residence in Bee County.
I am one of the '35' residence in Ander and the community was once
on our family property. Thanks for including our little community
on your website. - Glen L. Baecker, CLU, September 2, 2003
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us.
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