Mosheim, Texas, Bosque County. (original) (raw)

Mosheim store
Photo courtesy Elicia Cook, September 2017

History in a Pecan Shell

The town formerly known as Live Oak was settled in the 1850s with Jonathan Dansby given as an early (if not the first) settler.

A man named Jeff Howard built the first store in 1886 and submitted the name Mosheim for a post office which was granted the following year.

In 1896 Mosheim had fifty people, a school, and several businesses. The population went from 171 in 1904, to 100 by 1925 and then reached its zenith in 1941 with 200 Mosheimers. It remained close to 200 until the late 1960s when it declined to 75. The town lost its post office in 1976.

The ruin of Mosheim school building has collapsed,
September 2021
Photo courtesy Brianna Thomas, September 2021

Mosheim School, September 2017
Photo courtesy Elicia Cook, September 2017

The Mosheim School in 2016. The roof has collapsed.
Photo courtesy Bill Rigney, April 2016

Another view of the Mosheim School with collapsed roof
Photo courtesy Bill Rigney, April 2016

Mosheim School in 2012
Photo courtesy Bill Rigney, February 2012

Merry-go-round
Photo courtesy Elicia Cook, September 2017

Mosheim rock building
Photo courtesy Elicia Cook, September 2017

Mosheim rock building
Photo courtesy Elicia Cook, September 2017

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