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Texas Ghost
Town
CRABAPPLE,
TEXASGillespie County,
Texas Hill Country
FM 965
88 miles West of Austin
86 miles NW of San
Antonio
10 miles North of Fredericksburg
9 miles West of Hwy 16 from Eckert
Population:
dispersed
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Crabapple
Creek on Crabapple Cemetery Road
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| The Crabapple
Community today consists of the church, community building, brush
arbor and one other structure. Isolated and off the beaten path, it
makes for an excellent picnic spot. |
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| St.
John's Lutheran Church c. 1867 |
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A dirt road
just a few yards east of the buildings (marked Crabapple Cemetery
Road) takes you (south) across Crabapple Creek and eventually to
the isolated hilltop cemetery pictured here. This road should not
be attempted if there has been a recent rain.
If driving from Fredericksburg
- continuing on East from Crabapple on Eckert Road you will cross
Crabapple Creek several more times before reaching the town of Eckert
which is on Hwy 16. Eckert is also a dispersed community with no
discernable center.
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The
Crabapple School
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| Crabapple had
a school earlier, but the date for this building is given as 1878.
The church - St. John's Lutheran - has the date of 1867 carefully
etched in a beveled limestone rock. The post office operated from
1894 to 1910. |
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St.
John Cemetery in Crabapple
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St.
John Cemetery
The cemetery has less than 20 graves and consists primarily of just
a few families. Although the detailed county map shows a nearby family
cemetery with the name of Ottmers - there are several Ottmers buried
here as well.
The high step to the gate has been shortened by the practical employment
of a tombstone as a step. Judging by the date and names - it appears
this stone had been replaced with another - so it's not as disrespectful
as it first appears. |
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The
view from St. John Cemetery
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