New Berlin

New Berlin, Guadalupe County, Texas

New Berlin, Guadalupe County, Texas

City of New Berlin in Guadalupe County, Texas. Photograph by Darrylpearson.
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New Berlin is on Farm Road 2538 eleven miles southwest of Seguin in southwestern Guadalupe County. Many of the early settlers were German immigrants who came to the area in the 1870s. Ed Tewes built the first store at New Berlin, and the town had a post office from 1878 to 1906. By the mid-1880s New Berlin had two steam gristmills and cotton gins, a general store, and seventy residents. The community served as a shipping point for cotton, cottonseed, corn, and oats. In 1904 fifty-six students attended the one-teacher school. The population of New Berlin fell to forty in 1949. The town was incorporated in 1980, when 253 residents were reported. In 1990 the population was 188.

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Belongs to

New Berlin is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

Yes

Place type

New Berlin is classified as a Town

Location

Latitude: 29.46201670
Longitude: -98.10097100

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

Yes

Population Count, 2021 View more »

679