Wesson, Texas
| Wesson, Texas | |
|---|---|
| Ghost town | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Comal |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Wesson is a Ghost town in Comal County, located in Texas.
History
The Original Name was Henderson Crossing for Hensley G. Hendson who settled there in 1850, then in 1858 the crossing was called Esser Crossing after Charles Esser, who bought the site, but the community was known as Guadalupe Valley. For 20 years mail was delivered from Spring Branch and Smithson Valley post offices.
Charles Esser applied for a post office but every name he suggested was already in History has lost Mr. Esser's list of favored names, but one story remains. With his frustration reaching the boiling point, Esser applied for the name of Hell, Texas. This amused the boys in Washington, but they wrote an official rejection notice saying that the name had already been taken a lie.
Esser started submitting any name he could think of and he did it systematically. When he got to firearms, Winchester was taken and Smithville already existed - but not Wesson. The postal authorities granted the name Wesson - not for an individual - but just to get Charley Esser off their back.