Dubina, Texas

Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church in Dubina, Texas.

Dubina is a small unincorporated community in Fayette County, Texas, United States. It currently is home to a population of about 44 persons, but it was once a thriving community. It was the first Czech settlement in Texas and dates from 1856. It's located 90 miles West of Houston or 104 miles East of San Antonio.

The naming of this settlement as Dubina ("oak grove") goes back to one of the first nights spent by the settlers. As the story goes, the settlers were travelling looking for a suitable place to settle down when it started raining. They sat down under a very large oak tree for shelter and looked around realizing how comfortable this place was. They then settled there giving it the appropriate name.

After the Civil War, Dubina became a toehold for recently arrived Czech immigrants. The nearby town of Hackberry was for German settlers.

Dubina has some historical buildings, the most famous of which is one of Texas's painted churches, Saints Cyril and Methodius.

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Dubina, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
The Story of the Founding of Dubina
DUBINA - The First Czech Settlement in Texas

Municipalities and communities of Fayette County, Texas, United States

County seat: La Grange

Cities	Carmine Fayetteville La Grange Schulenburg

Towns	Flatonia Round Top

Unincorporated communities	Ammannsville Black Jack Springs Bluff Cistern Dubina Ellinger Engle Freyburg High Hill Holman Hostyn Kirtley Ledbetter Muldoon Mullins Prairie Nechanitz O'Quinn Oldenburg Park Plum Praha Rabbs Prairie Rek Hill Roznov Rutersville St. John Swiss Alp Waldeck Walhalla Warda Warrenton West Point Willow Springs Winedale Winchester

Ghost town	Stella

Coordinates: 29°43′44″N 96°49′59″W / 29.72889°N 96.83306°W / 29.72889; -96.83306

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