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After the Civil War, reports indicate Black Texas German communities in every county of the German belt, also known as the Texas German Country, running from Houston to the Hills Region. [11] [12] For Black Texans, speaking Texas German was a means of social mimicry and protection. [10] Doris Williams, an African American in Bastrop County ...
Texans of German birth or descent have, since the mid-19th century, made up one of the largest ethnic groups in the state. By 1850, they numbered 5% of the total population—a conservative count. The 1990 census listed more than 17% of the population, nearly three million individuals, claiming German heritage.
The city is a major hub of Texas German (German: Texasdeutsch), a unique dialect of the German language spoken by some descendants of the original German settlers. [62] Freistatt: Missouri: Friedensburg: Pennsylvania: Friedheim: Missouri: Named after the former German town of Friedheim annexed by Poland in 1945 Fulda: Indiana: Named after Fulda ...
German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃʔameʁɪˌkaːnɐ]) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. According to the United States Census Bureau's figures from 2022, German Americans make up roughly 41 million people in the US, which is approximately 12% of the population. [7]
Boerne (/ ˈ b ɜːr n i / BURN-ee) [3] [4] is a city in and the county seat of Kendall County, Texas, United States, [5] in the Texas Hill Country.Boerne is known for its German-Texan history, named in honor of German author and satirist Ludwig Börne by the German Founders of the town. [6]
Castell (/ k æ ˈ s t ɛ l / ka-STEL) is a small unincorporated, rural town in Llano County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Texas German belt region, and most residents are still ethnic German-Texan. Its population was 104 at the 2010 census. Located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, its northern border is formed by the Llano ...
Comfort is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kendall County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,363. [3] Comfort was founded by German emigrants on the western end of the Texas-German belt. Many residents of the town today are descendants of those same Germans.
Muenster (/ ˈ m ʌ n s t ər / MUN-stər) is a city in western Cooke County, Texas, United States, along U.S. Route 82. The population was 1,536 at the 2020 census . Muenster is a primarily German-Texan city.