HACKBERRY

NAME: Hackberry COUNTY: Lavaca ROADS: 4WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Hot Summers ,cool fall BEST TIME TO VISIT: anytime

COMMENTS: there are scattered farms and homes in the area. The town now consists of a couple of Victorian gothic style two story houses and an old two story stone store building with iron shutters.worth taking photos of. REMAINS: Two houses,store building

Hackberry is in lavaca County on Farm road 532 eleven miles northeast of Halletsville.The town was named for a grove of nearby hackberry trees.It was settled in 1847 by L.E.Neuhaus,who farmed the property for several years and in 1853 opeaned asteam sawmill-gristmill.He added a cotton gin several years later.The town aquired a postoffice in 1862. A methodist church was built in 1861,and doubled as a school until it burnt down in 1896.neuhaus in 1865 had a general store,which he later rebuilt in 1880 as a two story store.The iron shutters may have been used as a protection against bandits or indians in the area. Submitted by: Holly Hilpert

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