Details for Meyersville

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5123003357

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Marker Number 3357
Atlas Number 5123003357
Marker Title Meyersville
Index Entry Meyersville
Address
City Meyersville
County DeWitt
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 664404
UTM Northing 3201200
Subject Codes cities and towns; Alsatian immigrants/immigration; settlements
Marker Year 1971
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location FM 3157, Meyersville
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Community opened by Peter Bluntzer, an 1843 settler drawing many others from Alsace; named for Adolph Meyer, an 1846 arrival, at whose home post office was established (1851). Lutheran and Catholic churches were founded in 1850s. Public school opened in 1899. Famous turkey-producing area. Population reached peak about 1923.
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