- Weesatche, Texas
Weesatche is an unincorporated community in northern Goliad County,
Texas ,United States . It lies along State Highway 119 north of the city of Goliad, thecounty seat of Goliad County. [Rand McNally. "The Road Atlas '08."Chicago :Rand McNally , 2008, p. 101.] Its elevation is 233 feet (71 m), and it is located at coor dms|28|50|50|N|97|26|53|W|city (28.8472060, -97.4480495). [gnis|GNIS#] Although Weesatche is unincorporated, it has apost office , with theZIP code of 77993. [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=77993 Zip Code Lookup] ]History
Weesatche was founded around the year 1850 under the name of Middletown, being halfway between Clinton and Goliad, and its post office was established on
1855-11-22 . However, confusion with a Middletown in Comal County led locals to rename the community after the sweet acacia tree; the community's name is a corruption of the plant's alternate name, "huisache". A post office under the name of Weesatche was opened in May of 1860; although it closed during the Civil War, it was restored in 1870. [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hlw11.html Weesatche, Texas] , Handbook of Texas Online,2008-01-11 . Accessed2008-08-11 .]Public services
Local children have attended the schools of the Goliad ISD since Weesatche's schools were consolidated into it in 1963. The community has a
volunteer fire department .Notable natives
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Joseph Barnard , doctor and state legislatorReferences
External links
* [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hlw11.html Profile of Weesatche] from the Handbook of Texas Online
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