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Nockenut

Nockenut, Texas: The Small Settlement That History Quietly Shelved

Nockenut was a small rural community in present-day Wilson County, Texas. It was first settled in 1857 during a wave of German and Polish immigration into South Central Texas. At the time, the area was part of Guadalupe County, but in 1869 boundary changes shifted it into Wilson County. The community was located along Ecleto Creek, near today’s Farm-to-Market Road Read more…
Nix

Nix, Texas: Tracing the History of a Tiny Lampasas County Settlement

Nix is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Lampasas County, Texas. It lies on Farm-to-Market Road 580, about 11½ miles west of Lampasas. Early Development The area was crossed by the Fort Phantom Hill Road, a military trail established in the 1850s that connected Fort Phantom Hill to other frontier posts. Settlement at Nix began in the early 1880s, when Read more…
Newport

Newport, Texas: From Bear Hill Beginnings to a Quiet Rural Community

Newport is an unincorporated community located in southern Clay County, Texas, extending slightly into Jack County. The settlement began in 1872, when L. Hancock established a community originally called Bear Hill. In 1878, a post office was granted, and the following year the town was renamed Newport. The name was created by combining the first letters of the surnames of Read more…
New Sweden

New Sweden, Texas: A Small Swedish Settlement with a Big Story

New Sweden is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Travis County, Texas, within the Greater Austin metropolitan area. It was founded in 1873 by Swedish immigrants, most of whom came from the province of Småland. The settlement was originally known as Knight’s Ranch. Early Development In 1876, settlers organized and built the New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church, which soon became Read more…
New Lynn

New Lynn, Texas: The Story of a Small Town on the South Plains

New Lynn is an unincorporated community in northeastern Lynn County, Texas. It lies about ten miles northeast of Tahoka and three miles north of U.S. Highway 380, within the South Plains region. The community is small and rural, with a history closely tied to agriculture and education. Early Development The area’s roots go back to the early days of Lynn Read more…
New Gulf

Newgulf, Texas: The Sulfur Boomtown That Became a Ghost Community

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Newgulf, sometimes written “New Gulf,” was founded in 1928 by the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. The company established the town as a planned community for workers at its massive sulfur operations on the Boling Dome in Wharton County. The Boling Dome was among the largest inland sulfur deposits in the world, and its development spurred rapid community growth. The name Read more…
New Fountain

New Fountain, Texas: A Pioneer Community Where the Church Still Stands

New Fountain was founded in 1846 by Alsatian immigrants who were part of Henri Castro’s colonization project in Medina County. The first group of settlers originally stopped along Verde Creek, but when that water source proved unreliable, they moved about four miles downstream to a stronger spring. This new site gave the settlement its name: New Fountain. Among the Castro Read more…
New Danville

New Danville, Texas: From Rabbit Creek Roots to a Railroad Bypass Story

New Danville, also known historically as Danville or Rabbit Creek, was an early settlement in what is now Gregg County, Texas. The community was established around 1847 by settlers from Kentucky and other southeastern states, among them S. Slade Barnett, who helped name the settlement after Danville, Kentucky. Early Years and Institutions The settlement was originally called Rabbit Creek, and Read more…
New Birmingham

New Birmingham, Texas: The Rise and Fall of the Iron Queen of the Southwest

New Birmingham was established in 1887 by Anderson Blevins, a sewing machine salesman originally from Alabama. Blevins recognized the economic potential of the iron ore deposits in Cherokee County, near the town of Rusk. He envisioned building an industrial city modeled after Birmingham, Alabama, which had rapidly become a steel powerhouse. Financial backing came from a group of investors, most Read more…
Neuse Store

Neuse Store, Texas: Early German Settlement and Historic Ghost Town in Comal County

Neuse Store is a recorded ghost town in eastern Comal County, Texas. It lies about two miles northeast of New Braunfels along what was once the old Austin road, a travel route in the mid-19th century. Founding and Settlement The settlement began in 1847, when Adam Neuse and Heinrich Wanschaff, German immigrants, purchased fifty acres of prairie land within the Read more…