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MOSHEIM, TEXAS
Bosque County,
North Central Texas
FM 217 and FM 215
7.5 miles W of Valley Mills
23 miles MW of Waco
Population: 75 (1990)
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The
former school at Mosheim
Photo Courtesy Erik Whetstone |
History
in a Pecan Shell
The town formerly known as Live Oak was settled in the 1850s
with Jonathan Dansby given as an early (if not the first) settler.
A man named Jeff Howard built the first store in 1886 and submitted
the name Mosheim for a post office which was granted the following
year.
In 1896 Mosheim had fifty people, a school, and several businesses.
The population went from 171 in 1904, to 100 by 1925 and then reached
its zenith in 1941 with 200 Mosheimers. It remained close to 200 until
the late 1960s when it declined to 75. The town lost its post office
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