Cadiz, Texas, Bee county. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

In the 1870s the community was known as Lapara. The name was changed in 1892 when a post office was opened. The 1914 population is said to have been 50, declining to just 25 during the Great Depression.

At its peak, Cadiz had two churches, and a school. Commercial enterprises consisted of a single store and a gas station. The post office closed during WWII and the population shrank to a mere 15 - the figure that has been used to this day.

Cadiz Baptist Church historical marker
Photo courtesy Will Beauchamp, 2008

Historical Marker: FM 799, Cadiz community (10 miles NW of Beeville)

Cadiz Baptist Church

This congregation, orginally known as Lapara Baptist Church, was organized on Aug. 12, 1877, by 32 charter members. Services were held under a brush arbor and in a schoolhouse before a sanctuary was erected on Lapara Creek. The b

uilding was moved here in 1920, and the church was renamed for the Cadiz settlement. The facility later was enlarged to accommodate the growing church. In 1960 the congregation won the Rural Church of the Year award. In recent years the church has aided disaster victims and supported ministerial students and Christian crusades.
(1983)

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