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History in
a Pecan Shell
Nockenut dates
from 1857 when Polish immigration was spreading out from Panna
Maria and other Karnes
County towns. There was also the occasional stray German family.
The post office opened in 1858. The town had originally been in Guadalupe
County, but there was a boundary change in 1869 and it became
part of Wilson County
where it has happily resided ever since.
The name Hastings was dominant in Nockenut. E. E. Hasting operated
the general store, A. G. Hastings brought the mail from Seguin,
and H. S. Hastings was postmaster.
The town was approaching a population of 100 when the railroad came
through and drew people and businesses away.
It was what demographers call a dispersed rural community as early
as the 1930s.
See Nockenut neighboring ghost towns: Albuquerque
and Union Valley. |
Nockenut Texas
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"Nockenut
is nothing but a cemetery now." - Hilda Hilpert, October 31,
2007
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