Bleiblerville was named for Robert Bleibler, a Swiss immigrant, who ran the general store, post office, and saloon. 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 town had a population of 101 in 1904, and expanded to 150 by 1925. The community expanded in the 1960s with the increase of oil drilling in the community, growing to 225 residents in 1966, but declined to 71 in 1972 where it remained up to 2000.[2]
Although Bleiblerville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78931.[3]
Geography
Bleiblerville is situated on FM2502 a distance of 3.4 miles (5.5km) northwest of its intersection with State Highway 159 at Nelsonville and 12.1 miles (19.5km) northwest of Bellville. From Bleiblerville northwest to the intersection of FM2502 and Farm to Market Road 109 near Welcome is 2.9 miles (4.7km). From the center of Bleiblerville, Industry Road snakes its way to the southwest a distance of 3.8 miles (6.1km) to Industry. Bleiblerville Road leaves the community heading northeast and connects with New Wehdem Road to cover the 8.9 miles (14.3km) to an intersection with State Highway 36 south of Brenham. Bleiblerville addresses extend northwest along FM2502 as far as the FM109 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]
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