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"Henze Post
Office on old Joe Thurman place - 1904. Washed away in flood in 1935."
Courtesy
The Rocksprings Woman's Club, from their book "The History of
Edwards County"
Submitted by William
Beauchamp
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A Texas Mystery
Town
Although it is found on a Texas map
(c. 1940), there was nothing known of Henze, Texas when it was
first posted. The 1907 postal
map showed that it received its mail from Brackettville.
UPDATE:
William
Beauchamp, having been in this part of Edwards
County, recognized connections to the Kickapoo
Community. Although Henze appears on the map and Kickapoo
or the Thurman Ranch do not, they are loosely tied to one another.
Another reader submitted a string of links to various genealogy
sites, so Henze information is out there, after all.
The source of the name remains a mystery as does the omission of
Kickapoo or Thurman Ranch on either
map.
See Kickapoo Community for information
relevant to Henze. - Ed.
Photographer's Note:
"The town or community of Henze and the Early
Kickapoo Settlement are very much intertwined. The historical
markers on FM Road 674 make no mention of the site Henze."
- William
Beauchamp
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Edwards
County 1940s map showing Henze
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Edwards County
1907 postal map
showing mail route from Brackettville
to Henze
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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