HOPKINSVILLE, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Gonzales County, Central Texas South

Where FM 1296 crosses Copperas Creek
5 Miles N of Waelder
N of Gonzales the county seat
Population: 0

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Hopkinsville Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, 2009

History in a Pecan Shell

Established in 1852, the community was named to honor Dennis S. Hopkins, town founder. A post office opened the following year. Essential businesses opened as well as churches and school. Thomas Zumwalt deeded land to be used for a union church, Masonic lodge and school.

The town was bypassed by the railroad (the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad) and Waelder was established in 1874. Hopkinsville businesses made the move to Waelder and the post office shut its doors in 1876.

By 1900 Hopkinsville was on its way to becoming a ghost town – with cabins deserted and the more substantial homes moved to Waelder. By the second half of the 20th Century Hopkinsville was nothing but a cemetery and a few foundations. Today all that’s left is the marker shown here.

Site of Hopkinsville Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, 2009

Historical Marker:

Site of Hopkinsville

Once a thriving pioneer community founded by D.S. Hopkins (1819-1917), farmer who settled here in 1852.

Located in farm-ranch area. Herds started here, bound for Chisholm Trail.

Abandoned 1873 when the citizens moved south and founded town of Waelder on newly build railroad.

Gonzales County 1907 postal map showing Waelder, Gonzales the county seat, and the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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