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History in
a Pecan Shell
The town was named
after Confederate General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson. The settlement
was just a cluster of crude cabins in 1860 but a stage stop on the
San Antonio-Fredericksburg
route was setup in 1870 by Israel P. Nuñez. Nuñez also opened the
first post office five years later.
A settlement called Millville sprang up in 1879 and it drew
off population from the first site. A few years later both the stagecoach
operation and the post office moved to Millville, which is when the
town assumed the name of Stonewall.
From a population of just 200 residents in the mid 1920s, the town
had 300 people in 1961 which declined to a low of 150 by 1964. It
has slowly increased to the present high of 525 (2010). |
Stonewall,
Texas
Landmarks / Attractions
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Lyndon
Baines Johnson historical marker at the entrance to Stonewall
school
Photo courtesy William
Beauchamp, June 2009 |
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Major Israel
M. Nunez historical marker
at the entrance to Stonewall school
Photo courtesy William
Beauchamp, June 2009 |
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Cemeteries
in Stonewall, Texas
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Trinity Cemetery
historical marker
4270 RR 1
Photo
courtesy William
Beauchamp, June 2009 |
Historical Marker:
Cemetery Rd, S of US 290, Stonewall
Stonewall
Community Cemetery
This cemetery
originally served the settlement of Millville, laid out by Israel
Nuñez, who operated a stage stop in the vicinity after the Civil War.
Although he set aside land for the cemetery, it was not formally deeded
until 1934 by J.O. Walker. The earliest marked gravesite is that of
William Jacobs (d. 1879). The settlement of Millville became Stonewall
in 1875, and the cemetery remained in Active use until 1939. Burials
resumed in 1966, and a cemetery association formed three years later.
The site is a landmark of local history.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2002
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1920s map showing
Stonewall in eastern Gillespie
County
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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