LA COSTE, TEXAS

Medina County, Texas Hill Country

29° 18' 41" N, 98° 48' 46" W (29.311389, -98.812778)
Farm Road 471
5 Miles SE of Castroville
12 Miles SW of San Antonio
Part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Population: 1,206 Est. (2016)
1,119 (2010) 1,255 (2000) 1,021 (1990)

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La Coste City Hall
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006

History in a Pecan Shell

La Coste was originally known as Fernando when a post office was granted under that name in 1893. Three years later the town still had a modest population of 25. But they did have a daily stage to Castroville - and two saloons for those waiting for or who had missed the stage.

In 1898, the post office name was changed to honor Jean B. LaCoste, a Frenchman who was also a big wheel in San Antonio.

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church was constructed in 1912 and two years later the town had grown to 400 people. The town's thriving economy was due to the railroad connection and the cotton, corn, and pecans that it sent out on the Southern Pacific.

Half of the population claimed Alsatian ancestry and while it wasn't one of the original colonies of Henri Castro, the figure is probably correct. Cotton and corn crops were irrigated from Medina Lake by a canal system. La Coste didn't incorporate until 1969 at which time the population was nearly 500. In the late 1980s the population was nearly 1,000 which has since increased to the present 1,119.

La Coste, Texas Landmarks

Railroad water tower
TE photo, February 2007
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Rihn's Place
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006

Pedestrian traffic in downtown La Coste
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006

TX - La Coste Our Lady of Grace, La Coste TX

La Coste Our Lady of Grace
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2005

The Sanctuary
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2005

La Coste Our Lady of Grace altar, La Coste TX

The altar
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006
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Our Lady of Grace Cemetery , La Coste Texas

Our Lady of Grace Cemetery
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006
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Tombstone repaired with a tomato juice can
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006

TE photo, February 2007

Waiting for the train in La Coste
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006

Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006

Railroad Graffiti in La Coste
Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley, January 2006
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Railroad water tower
TE photo, February 2007
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La Coste, Texas Nearby Towns:
Castroville | San Antonio
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