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"A 1973
photo of the Sandoval Store.
You can see the Zion Lutheran Church in the background."
Photo
courtesy Walt Downing |
History in
a Pecan Shell
The town was first
called Carlville or Streichville around 1882 for early
settler Carl Streich. The community was made up of Germans, Austrians,
and French settlers who compromised and gave the town a Spanish name
when the post office came into being in 1894 (it closed in 1904).
In 1893 the town's first Lutheran church also served as a school.
The school, built in 1920 was consolidated with Thrall's
ISD in 1949.
Sandoval's population stayed at 25 from 1933 until 1948. It has since
increased to 50 - the number given at the 1990 census. |
The
Zion Lutheran Church in Sandoval
Photo courtesy Erik
Whetstone, 8-15-04 |
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