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FISCHER, Texas

Pronounced: "FISH-er"

"no slogan"

Population (2006): 20Businesses (2000):COL Index (2008):
Elevation: 1,148 ftArea: unfdefinedCounty: Comal
Zip Code: 78623Area Code 830Time Zone: CST
Coordinates: lat 29.976N, long -98.265W
Location: Northern part of county;
4 mi N of Canyon Lake Area; 8 mi SE of Blanco; 20 mi NW of New Braunfels
Highways: RR 32, FM 484Creeks:Rivers:Lakes:Parks:

REFERENCES

CITY: Unincorporated

CHAMBER and TOURISM: None

MAJOR ATTRACTIONS:

FISCHER STORE SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER: 830-660-5555; 12400 RR 32, Fischer, TX. A non-profit association organize to provide a Community Center and is available on a rental basis for civic and social events. Built in 1875. A Texas landmark. Open Wed-Sun afternoons. Previously served as a post office, bank and saloon.

(THE) FISCHER DANCE HALL: 210-935-4800; Fischer Store Rd., Fischer (Comal County), TX. Just off RR 32 and FM 484, NW of Canyon Lake. "Still operated by descendants of the original family who built it (circa 1895). The town continues German pioneer pastimes with a handset nine-pin bowling alley. Several scenes from Willie Nelson's movie "Honeysuckle Rose" were filmed on location here. The interior of the Hall is an architectural wonder with beautiful old hand hewn beams and rafters. Adolph Hofner has played here many times and Ponty Bone has played several weddings." Event rentals.

EVENT CALENDAR:

Rice-Grass I Festival, end of March, Rice

Annual Rice Festival, 2nd weekend in Nov, Rice

WEATHER: Weather Underground (Blanco)

MEDIA COVERAGE: Latest News

MAPS: Google

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS:

HISTORY: Handbook of Texas Online: " . . developed in the 1850s as a supply center on the Devil's Backbone section of the road between San Marcos and Blanco. The site, settled by Hermann Fischer in 1853, became known as Fischer's Store when Fischer built a log trading post to serve the frontier community. Potters Creek School opened for local children in 1875, and a year later the Fischer's Store post office was established. Fischer Store School replaced Potters Creek in 1888, and after World War II Fischer became the center of a school district for northern Comal County. At the request of postal officials the community's name has changed twice: in 1894 Fischer's Store became Fischer Store, and in 1950 the name was shortened to Fischer. Sources in the 1960s reported that the Fischer family had held the local postmastership continuously since 1876. Fischer recorded a population of forty or fifty for most of the twentieth century but fell to twenty in the mid-1960s as Canyon Lake, four miles to the south, began filling. In 1967 Fischer was described just as it might have been a hundred years earlier-a country store and post office at a rural crossroads. Its population was listed as twenty from 1967 through 2000."

PRIOR NAMES: Fischer's Store, then Fischer Store

OTHER PROFILES: Wikipedia (not available); ePodunk; City Data (not available);

Texas Escapes, Travel Texas (not available)

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BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION DIRECTORY

See web sites shown above. Partial list below:

FISCHER HAUS B&B: 830-935-3011; 115 Fischer Store Rd, Fischer, TX 78623

JOHN VALONE AND CO, REALTORS: 830-832-1223 Fax: 830-935-4327; 1380 Serenity Dr., Fischer, TX 78623

JOHN KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CAMP: 830-935-4568; 1661 John Knox Rd, Fischer, TX 78623

STRATTON CONSULTING: 512-422-2094; Fischer, TX 78623; Quickbooks specialist; Sandy Stratton

WIMBERLEY POOL COMPANY: 512-585-7788; 1215 Agarita Dr., Fischer, TX 78623