Arneckeville, Texas

Arneckeville is an unincorporated community in DeWitt County, in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1]

History

The first settlement at Arneckeville was made in 1859 by U. Barbara Arnecke and others.^[2] The community was originally built up chiefly by Germans.^[3] A post office was established at Arneckeville in 1872, and remained in operation until 1954.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arneckeville, Texas
↑ Arneckeville, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
↑ "Communities of DeWitt County play vital role in county's heritage". The Victoria Advocate. Apr 5, 2003. pp. 2E. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "De Witt County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

Municipalities and communities of DeWitt County, Texas, United States

County seat: Cuero

Cities	Cuero Nordheim Yoakum‡ Yorktown

Unincorporated communities	Arneckeville Concrete Hochheim Lindenau Meyersville Pearl City Thomaston Westhoff

Ghost towns	Clinton Golly

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 28°59′33″N 97°16′20″W / 28.99250°N 97.27222°W / 28.99250; -97.27222

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, November 06, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.