Английская Википедия:Eckert, Texas

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Eckert is a ghost town, Шаблон:Convert northeast of Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. West of Willow City, on FM 1323, Eckert is at the junction of State Highway 16.[1]

White settlers came to the area in 1875 and built Mount Zion, a log church. A small community they named Nebo, after nearby Nebo Mountain Шаблон:Convert north,[2] grew up around the church.

A post office appointment was offered to, and declined by, George W. Graves in 1903. When Wilhelm Rudolph Eckert opened a store in the location in 1903, he became the first postmaster of Eckert. At his request, Nebo was renamed Eckert.[3]

The population peaked in 1925 at 100, but is today a ghost town.[4] It does not have a zip code of its own, but shares the Willow City zip code.

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Шаблон:Gillespie County, Texas