| Marker Number |
9310 |
| Atlas Number |
5491009310 |
| Marker Title |
Site of New Bern Church, School, and Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
New Bern Church, School, and Cemetery |
| Address |
5 mi. NE on FM 619, then 4.5 mi. E on CR 414 |
| City |
Taylor |
| County |
Williamson |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
660256 |
| UTM Northing |
3389753 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; churches; settlements; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year |
1993 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
CR 414 east of CR 421, approx. 5 miles northeast of Taylor off FM 619 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Swiss and German immigrants who settled here in the early 1890s named their settlement for Bern, Switzerland. In 1892 the newly organized St. John Lutheran Church built a sanctuary which also housed the New Bern School here on 2.5 acres donated by Daniel Murphy. The New Bern Cemetery (0.1 mi.E of this site) was established in 1895 on 3 acres acquired from Friedrich and Anna Stauffer. Though a new church building (1912) and schoolhouse (1920) were moved to the nearby community of Wuthrich Hill in 1949 the cemetery continues to serve the community. |
