Bluntzer, Texas

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Bluntzer (Texas) is Class Code U6 — an official designation indicating "a populated place that is not a census-designated or incorporated place having an official federally recognized name" [1] —located in Nueces County, Texas in the Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area at latitude 27.896N and longitude -97.782W. The elevation is 75 feet. Bluntzer appears on the San Patricio U.S. Geological Survey Map. Nueces County is in the Central Standard time zone (GMT -6).

Nueces County, Texas County in the United States

Nueces County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 340,223. The county seat is Corpus Christi. The county was formed in 1846 from portions of San Patricio County and organized the following year. It is named for the Nueces River, which flows through the county.

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History

Bluntzer had been a stop on the San Antonio-Brownsville stage line. It was known as Santa Margarita Crossing before Nicholas Bluntzer moved into the area about 1860. The local school was opened in the 1870s but, during the 1919 Atlantic hurricane season, flooding led to its relocation. Justina Bluntzer, daughter of Nicholas, donated the land for the school. The school held classes until it was consolidated with the Banquete Independent School District in 1971. [2]

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1919 Atlantic hurricane season hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean

The 1919 Atlantic hurricane season was among the least active hurricane seasons in the Atlantic on record, featuring only five tropical storms. Of those five tropical cyclones, two of them intensified into a hurricane, with one strengthening into a major hurricane Two tropical depressions developed in the month of June, both of which caused negligible damage. A tropical storm in July brought minor damage to Pensacola, Florida, but devastated a fleet of ships. Another two tropical depressions formed in August, the first of which brought rainfall to the Lesser Antilles.

Banquete Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Banquete, Texas (USA).

Bluntzer Family

Bluntzer Texas is an area of Texas - neither declared town nor county, that is named after the Bluntzer family. Currently, the children of Eric Bluntzer make the 7th generation of Bluntzers still living there, and the family has been in the area since 1860. Most of the inhabitants of the Bluntzer area, including the Bluntzer family itself, are or have been heavily involved in farming and ranching. On an average day, Bluntzer dwellers are running and fixing tractors, building houses, doing brush management, hunting, fishing in the lakes and gravel pits around the area, and doing all the things associated with running farms and ranches.

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References

  1. ↑ Texas Hometown Locator
  2. ↑ Bluntzer History Page

Coordinates: 27°53′50″N97°46′59″W / 27.89722°N 97.78306°W / 27.89722; -97.78306

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