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MONTELL, TEXAS

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Uvalde County, Texas Hill Country

Highway 55
30 Miles NW of Uvalde the county seat
Population: 20 (2000) 10 (1990)

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Montell Texas First United Methodist Church
Montell First United Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2005

History in a Pecan Shell

Once the site of the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria del Cañón Spanish Mission, the community can be found where the Nueces River meets Montell Creek.

The namesake, Charles S. DeMontel, was a Texas surveyor sent to map the valley. He camped here on his trip and left his name behind. A few Anglo families settled in the valley in the late 1870s, including the family of John Baylor, the self-appointed Confederate governor of the Arizona Territory during the Civil War. Baylor is buried in the local cemetery. A post office was granted in 1879.

From a population of 75 in the 1920s, the community declined until only ten remained.

The Episcopal Church of the Ascension has a stained glass window, donated by the estate of John Jacob Astor.

Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Montell Texas
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2005
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TX Uvalde County 1940s Map
Uvalde County 1940s map showing Montell
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office


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Montell, Texas Nearby Towns:
Uvalde the county seat
Knippa
Sabinal
D'Hanis
San Antonio
Brackettville
Camp Wood
Leakey
Vanderpool

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