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Site of New Bern Church, School, and Cemetery |
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5 mi. NE on FM 619, then 4.5 mi. E on CR 414, Taylor,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 29' 34.076292",
-97° 12' 11.272068"
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Texas State Historical Marker |
Swiss and German immigrants who settled here in the early 1890s named their settlement for Bern, Switzerland. In 1892 the newly organized St. John Lutheran Church built a sanctuary which also housed the New Bern School here on 2.5 acres donated by Daniel Murphy. The New Bern Cemetery (0.1 mi.E of this site) was established in 1895 on 3 acres acquired from Friedrich and Anna Stauffer. Though a new church building (1912) and schoolhouse (1920) were moved to the nearby community of Wuthrich Hill in 1949 the cemetery continues to serve the community.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Site of New Bern Church, School, and Cemetery Historical Marker Location Map, Taylor, Texas
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