Meyersville

Historical marker location:

Meyersville, Texas

( FM 3157, Meyersville)

Marker installed: 1971

Community opened by Peter Bluntzer, an 1843 settler drawing many others from Alsace; named for Adolph Meyer, an 1846 arrival, at whose home post office was established (1851). Lutheran and Catholic churches were founded in 1850s. Public school opened in 1899. Famous turkey-producing area. Population reached peak about 1923.

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