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Cave Creek - History on a Pinhead

This once all German-settlement dates from the second half of the 19th Century and was named after the nearby watercourse, a tributary of the Pedernales River. The population never got large enough to pose a threat to Fredericksburg , and it�s more than likely that its nearness to the county seat curtailed Cave Creek�s growth. The cemetery, also known as St. Paul�s Lutheran Cemetery holds the remains of the community�s earliest settlers, but there are only scattered residences and no discernable town center.

Photographer's Note:
"Cave Creek TX - Located about 12 miles east of Fredericksburg on FM1631. Scattered residences with many new developements and homes coming in with the expanding growth of nearby popular Fredericksburg. The photo of the city limit sign tells it all, you enter and leave at the same time!" -

Will Beauchamp, March 2011

Cave Creek Historic Landmarks

• St. Paul Lutheran Church
  Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
• Cave Creek School next page
  On the National Register of Historic PlacesCave Creek, Texas Area Hotels
  Fredericksburg Hotels

St. Paul Lutheran Church Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Will Beauchamp, 2011

Historical Marker

St. Paul Lutheran Church

Oldest rural Lutheran church in Gillespie County. The Rev. M. Haag served as first pastor. Charter members numbered 17.

A frame building with walls of rough boxing planks was dedicated June 22, 1884. Size: 25 x 30 feet with a 40-foot tower. Cost: $600. In 1890 building was enlarged, interior finished, beaded ceiling installed. Altar niche was added, interior finished with sheet rock and exterior covered with tin in 1928-29.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1969

St. Paul Lutheran Church weather vane
Photo courtesy Will Beauchamp, 2011

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