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Maxwell History
in a Pecan Shell
Once known as New
Martindale, things changed in 1887 with the arrival of the Missouri
Kansas, and Texas Railroad. The community was renamed after Thomas
Maxwell who held the grant on the land since 1845. First settlers
were transmigrating Southerners from Alabama and other states. German
immigration started in the 1880s – as it did for the entire region
from the coast to the Hill
Country. The German immigrant population was bolstered by Mexican
farm workers who made up the second-largest portion of the population.
The town was granted a post office in 1888 and by 1892 the population
was estimated to be 100 residents.
The community has been plagued with fires, the first occurring in
1887. In 1910 when the commercial district burned, the building were
replaced by brick structures. Twelve years later another fire did
damage to Maxwell, when its population was around 250 people.
In the late 1920s the population reached 400 but declined thereafter.
By 1990 it was down to 185 but in recent years it has rebounded to
an estimated 500 residents.
Maxwell Landmarks
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