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NEW BERLIN,
TEXAS
Guadalupe County,
Central
Texas S
FM 465 - 8 miles S of I-10
FM 775 - 8 miles S of I-10
20 miles SE of San Antonio
9 miles N of La Vernia
11 miles SW of Seguin
(via FM 2538)
Population: 188 (1990)
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part of a group of Texas towns that were named after former residences
back in Germany. Oldenburg,
Westphalia,
and New Ulm
are sisters in this sorority, although they are not clustered together,
as one might think. |
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The
first cutting
TE photo, April 2001 |
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The
Bretzke Store in New Berlin
TE photo, April 2001 |
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Uncluttered
simplicity in Guadalupe County
TE photo, April 2001 |
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I-10
is a popular destination from New Berlin
TE photo |
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History in a Pecan Shell
New Berlin dates from the 1870s, but was incorporated over one hundred
years later in 1980. The first store was set up by Mr. Ed Tewes,
and a post office operated from 1878 to 1906.
Seventy New Berliners occupied the gently rolling landscape of New
Berlin in the 1880s and as many as 56 students attended school.
The pupil-teacher ratio was 56-1.
By 1949 the
population was only 40. By 1980 there were 253 people, but it has
declined since then.
New
Berlin and neighboring La
Vernia share the incredibly well kept Concrete
Cemetery halfway between the towns.
© John Troesser
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