Zorn, Texas, Guadalupe County, and Zorn Cemetery. (original) (raw)

History on a Pinhead

It was named for Joseph Zorn, who had a store there in the 1850s. A post office opened in 1891. By 1896 Zorn had two gristmills, a general store, and 150 residents. The population fell to 100 in 1933, to ninety-six in 1968, and to twenty-six in 1988 and 1990.

Former Site of Dietert School, 1929-1957
TE photo, 2006

A fallen building with standing facade
Photo courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2008

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