ECKERT, TX
ECKERT, TEXAS. Eckert is 11½ miles northeast of Fredericksburg in northeastern Gillespie County. It was originally called Nebo, presumably after nearby Mount Nebo, and was founded in 1875 when eight Anglo-American families settled there and built a log church called Mount Zion. The town was officially renamed when local farmer and merchant Wilhelm Rudolph Eckert opened a post office in 1903. The population was estimated at 100 in 1925 but fell to fifteen in 1933 and to seven in 1964.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Gillespie County Historical Society, Pioneers in God's Hills (2 vols., Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1960, 1974).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Martin Donell Kohout, "ECKERT, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hre05), accessed June 19, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
