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A post office started service in 1884, and in 1896 a Czech Catholic school was established. Praha began a gradual decline after 1873, when the Southern Pacific Railroad laid tracks a mile north of town and Flatonia, a new town founded nearer the tracks, began to draw business away from Praha.
Czech Texans are residents of the state of Texas who are of Czech ancestry. Large scale Czech immigration to Texas began after the Revolutions of 1848 changed the political climate in Central Europe, and after a brief interruption during the U.S. Civil War, continued until the First World War. [1]
This is a list of municipalities of the Czech Republic which have status of a city, town or market town granted by law. As of 2024, there are 27 cities, 583 towns and 232 market towns in the Czech Republic. The population is shown in brackets and is current to 1 January 2024. [1]
Hostyn, settled by Czech immigrants and named after Hostýn, a hill in Moravia. Moravia, settled by Czech immigrants and named after Moravia. Nechanitz, settled by Czech settlers and named after the town of Nechanice in Bohemia. Praha, ("Prague" in English) settled by Czech immigrants and named after Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
As of the 2020 census, the city population was 2,531. [3] [7] It is named after Thomas West, the first postmaster of the city. [8] The city is located in the north-central part of Texas, approximately 70 miles (110 km) south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, 20 miles north of Waco and 120 miles north of Austin, the state's capital.
This is a partial list of Texas towns named for faraway places. Dozens more await glory in future columns, including at least one that will be devoted specifically to Spanish-language place names.
In the late 19th century, Granger was one of the centers of the large Moravian Czech immigrant population in Texas. This Czech Texan heritage is evidenced by the historic Catholic Church, Czech Brethren Church, and SPJST hall. Jno P. Trlica, the son of a Moravian immigrant, set up a photography business here.
According to the Texas Highways, these are 20 city names that are most commonly ... Texas has a blend of cultures and a rich history of cities that people in or outside of the Lone Star State aren ...