Weser, Texas

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Weser is an unincorporated community in northern Goliad County, Texas, along U.S. Highway 183. It is part of the Ander-Weser-Kilgore census-designated area. The town started in 1881, the same year its post office opened, and it was named after the ship that brought the first Polish immigrants to Galveston in 1854. By 1885 Weser had a Lutheran church, a school, a steam gristmill, a cotton gin, a general store, and a Western Union telegraph office. By 1892 the town had two steam gristmills, two cotton gins, two carpenters, a musician, and a saloon. In 1900 a Sons of Herman lodge, a brass band, and a dance hall were added. A school opened in 1903 but closed in 1942 when students merged into the Weesatche school district. The community is mainly made up of farmers and ranchers and their families. Its population was 153 in 1904 and stayed around that level until the 1920s, when many people left for bigger cities, dropping to about 50 by 1933.