Schertz
N 29° 34.049 W 098° 16.271
14R E 570595 N 3271082
The only state historic marker in Schertz
Waymark Code: WMXP2W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2018
Views: 2
This state historic marker is located at 1730 Schertz Parkway, at the relocated historic depot that serves as a visitor center for the town.
Marker Number: 4597
Marker Text:
The first settlers in this community were German immigrants from the New Braunfels area who arrived in the 1840s in search of good farm land. The early economic base of the community was agricultural. The arrival of the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad about 1877 gave the town a link to San Antonio and enabled goods to be shipped to other parts of the state. Known in earlier days as Cibolo Pit and Cutoff, the name Schertz, honoring early area settler Sebastian Schertz (1822-1890), was adopted when the post office was established in 1882. (1984)
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