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SISTERDALE, Texas

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Population (2000): 63Elevation: 1,280 ftArea: undefinedCounty: Kendall
Zip Code: 78006Area Code: 830-324Time Zone: CST
Coordinates: 29.8° N, 98.8° W
Location: North-central part of county; 21 mi S of US Hwy 290;
12 mi N of Boerne; 13 mi E of Comfort; 13 mi W of Kendalia, 18 mi S of Luckenbach
Highways: 1376 (Sisterdale Rd), RR 473Rivers: Guadalupe is just S of town

REFERENCES

EVENT CALENDAR: No published calendar, but the Ice House referenced below has regular entertainment and occasional events. For full details on each event see Festivals & Events

VFW ANNUAL BBQ FUNDRAISER:

CHILI COOK-OFF: Sat, June 6, 2010. Sisterdale, at Sisterdale Saloon, 1211 Sisterdale Hwy. 2p to mid-night. 830-431-0050. Live music. Fee $20 to enter chili contest. Admission: $5. Benefits Sisterdale VFD.

WEATHER: Weather Underground

MEDIA COVERAGE: Not available

MAPS: Google

HISTORY & profiles: Handbook of Texas Online: " founded in 1847 by Nicolaus Zink, a German freethinker who surveyed New Braunfels for Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels. This community in the idyllic valley of Sister Creek became one of the famous "Latin Settlements" as Zink was joined over the next two years by Forty-Eighters fleeing after the aborted 1848 revolution in Europe. The leader of these farmers was Ernst Kapp, and the circle included Ottomar von Behr, C. D. Adolph Douai, August Siemering, Julius Dresel, Dr. Julius Froebel, Gustav Theissen, and the Baron von Westphal (a brother-in-law of Karl Marx). John R. Bartlett, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Duke Paul of Wurttemberg visited Sisterdale and recorded their observations. Sisterdale opened a post office in 1851. The community was one of the centers of German abolitionism and Unionism before and during the Civil War. After the conflict it became a quiet Hill Country hamlet of farmers, with a population estimated at 150 in 1884. At that time the town had a shingle mill, a cotton gin, and a grocery store. Its population fell to twenty-five in 1914 but rose to fifty around 1925. In 1968 the estimate was sixty-three. The community supported two businesses between 1931 and 1980, when the number rose to four. In the mid-1980s local sources estimated the population at just under 100. In 1990 it was reported as sixty. The population was sixty-three in 2000."

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AVAILABLE SERVICES: Gas: no; Convenience Stores: no; Restaurants: trolly cafe; Lodging: yes; Grocery Stores: no; Banks: no; Vehicle Repair: no; Hospital: no; Med Clinic: no; Post Office: no; Public Schools: no; Cemetery:

OTHER PROFILES: Texas Escapes;

Wikipedia (not available); ePodunk Profile (not available); City Data (not available); Travel Texas (not available)

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BUSINESS & ORGANIZATION DIRECTORY

SISTERDALE DANCEHALL & EVENT CENTER: 210-508-0344; 1210 Sisterdale Rd, Sisterdale (Kendall County), TX 78006.

www.sisterdaledancehall.net.

"The Dancehall was built between 1884 and 1890.


Famous artists performed at the Sisterdale Dancehall over the years.

Our Dancehall has been a movie location, and it hosted George Strait in a Bud Light commercial.

Brooks and Dunn used our Dancehall while filming their classic hit song, Red Dirt Road."
Wedding and special event facility.

Live dance bands many Sat nights and some Fri nights.

EMERGENCIES (Police, Fire, EMS/Medical) Dial 911

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