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CASTROVILLE, TEXAS DEVINE, TEXAS
AROUND THE AREA
Established with the arrival became irrigated from wa- through the Great Depres-
of the International-Great ters of Medina Lake in 1915. sion. Its proximity to San
Northern railroad in 1881, it Antonio has been a source of
was named for railroad law- Rain-dependent cotton pro- growth for the town and by
ducing land became a ver-
yer (and San Antonio Judge) the late 1980s it had grown
Thomas Jefferson Devine. dant landscape of corn and to over 4,000. The 1990 cen-
The town was incorporated vegetable crops. The irriga- sus counted 3,928 residents
in 1904 with a population tion also doubled the popu- which rebounded to 4,140
of just over 500. Devine got lation of the town to around for the 2000 census.
a boost over other South 1,000 residents and it man-
Texas communities when it aged to maintain that level
D’HANIS, TEXAS
AROUND THE AREA
Also known as New D’Hanis, was abandoned in 1914 when manufacturing company.
the designation doesn’t mean the congregation moved to
as much to travelers as it New D’Hanis. The sandstone The Galveston, Harrisburg
does to local residents. “Old” arches that form the ruin seen and San Antonio Railway built
through Medina County in
D’Hanis which is just over a today are from the original
mile east of what travelers construction of 1853. Other 1881 and bypassed the town
today regard as D’Hanis. The stones are from an 1869 ex- creating “New” D’Hanis (a
colony was Henri Castro’s tension. mile and a fraction west) in
third settlement in Texas and the process.
was named to honor his Euro- The kilns of the D’Hanis Brick D’Hanis endured floods in
pean agent, William D’Hanis. and Tile Company (founded 1894, 1919, and 1935.
1883) are featured in T. Lind-
. A post office was granted say Baker’s excellent Build- The population of the town
in 1854. The town became a ing the Lone Star – a book has never exceeded 600 peo-
stage stop along the San An- on civil engineering marvels ple.
tonio-Rio Grande road and St. around Texas. Seco Pressed
Dominic Church was formed Brick, which opened in 1910,
in 1847. The church building became D’Hanis’ second brick
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