Bleiblerville, Texas

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Bleiblerville
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Bleiblerville
Bleiblerville (the United States)
Coordinates: 30°0′29″N96°26′51″W / 30.00806°N 96.44750°W / 30.00806; -96.44750
Country United States
State Texas
County Austin
Elevation
371 ft (113 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
78931
GNIS feature ID1330860

Bleiblerville is an unincorporated community in northern Austin County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, its population was 71 in 2000. It is located within the Greater Houston metropolitan area.

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History

Bleiblerville was named for Robert Bleibler, a Swiss immigrant, who ran the general store, post office, and saloon. Bleibler opened the general store in the area in the late 1880s. The community grew rapidly with the influx of many German immigrants in the late nineteenth century, and its post office was established in 1891. The community expanded in the 1960s with the increase of oil drilling in the community, in which it had 225 residents in 1966, but has since declined to 71 in 1972 and remained at that level through 2000. Theodore Wehring operated a cotton gin in the community in 1900. The American Red Cross had a chapter in the community during World War I that included ten black residents in its roster of 68 members. It had a population of 101 in 1904, which grew to 150 by 1925. It had four businesses in 1931. [2]

Although Bleiblerville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78931. [3]

Geography

Bleiblerville is situated on FM 2502 a distance of 3.4 miles (5.5 km) northwest of its intersection with State Highway 159 at Nelsonville and 12.1 miles (19.5 km) northwest of Bellville. From Bleiblerville northwest to the intersection of FM 2502 and Farm to Market Road 109 near Welcome is 2.9 miles (4.7 km). From the center of Bleiblerville, Industry Road snakes its way to the southwest a distance of 3.8 miles (6.1 km) to Industry. Bleiblerville Road leaves the community heading northeast and connects with New Wehdem Road to cover the 8.9 miles (14.3 km) to an intersection with State Highway 36 south of Brenham. Bleiblerville addresses extend northwest along FM 2502 as far as the FM 109 intersections, but only a short distance to the southeast. The Bleiblerville postal zone extends as far as Industry Road and Begonia Lane to the southwest and Bleiblerville and West Uekert Roads to the northeast. [4]

Education

The school in nearby Welcome is located a mile north of Bleiblerville on Farm to Market Road 2502. [2] Today, the community is served by the Bellville Independent School District.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bleiblerville, Texas
  2. 1 2 Jackson, Charles Christopher. "Texas Handbook Online: BLEIBLERVILLE, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ Zip Code Lookup Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Google (April 14, 2013). "Bleiblerville, Texas" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
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