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History
in a Pecan Shell
Named after storekeeper N. Gussett, the community
was on land granted to Irish immigrants by the Mexican government in 1829. Led
by Patrick McGloin, who had been issued a 5,240 acre grant, the settlement was
known as Fox's Nation after the Fox family, the first settlers to arrive.
In 1846 served the settlement served as a stage stop on the run between San
Antonio and
Corpus Christi.
It had been renamed Gussettville sometime in the 1850s.
Live Oak County
was cut from San Patricio County by an act of the State Legislature in 1856. The
community fought to be declared county seat, but that honor went to Oakville.
Gussettville was granted a post office in 1858 and by 1884 there was
a church, school, and store but the population was a mere 30 people. The post
office closed in 1886 and then Gussettville suffered the same death-blow as so
many budding towns - it was bypassed by the railroad. All that was left by the
1930s was a church, school, and a few residences. Gussettville's school merged
with those in George
West in 1945
- one of the earliest school consolidations after WWII.
St.
Joseph's Catholic Church is still active and there are two cemeteries shown on
the detailed county maps - one marked Gussettville and the other named "Old" Gussettville. |
| | Graves
facing East - Church facing West
Gussetville Cemetery at late afternoon.
TE Photo, 2006 | |
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| | Front
of Church
TE Photo, 2006 | |
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| | Family
Memorial
TE Photo, 2006 | |
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| | Lichen
on a Tombstone
TE Photo, 2006 |
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