Bleiblerville, Texas

Bleiblerville is an unincorporated community in northern Austin County, Texas, United States. It lies along local roads northwest of the city of Bellville, the county seat of Austin County. [Rand McNally. "The Road Atlas '08." Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, pp. 100-101.] Its elevation is 371 feet (113 m), and it is located at coor dms|30|0|29|N|96|26|51|W|city (30.0080002, -96.4474689). [gnis|1330860] Although Bleiblerville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78931. [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=78931 Zip Code Lookup] ]

Bleiblerville was named for local shopkeeper Robert Bleibler, who started his business in the area in the late 1880s. The community grew rapidly with the influx of many German immigrants in the late nineteenth century, and its post office was established in 1891. The community expanded in the 1960s with the increase of oil drilling in the community, but has since declined. [ [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/hnb49.html Bleiblerville, Texas] , Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-09. Accessed 2008-08-11.]

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* [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/hnb49.html Profile of Bleiblerville] from the Handbook of Texas Online