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Fredericksburg is located east of the center of Gillespie County 70 miles (110 km) north of San Antonio and 78 miles (126 km) west of Austin.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.3 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi), of which 22.2 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi) are land and 0.12 km 2 (0.05 sq mi), or 0.55%, is covered by water.
Wildseed Farms is a wildflower farm near Fredericksburg, Texas, United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the largest working wildflower farm in the country. [ 4 ] The farm won the Garden Center 2001 Innovator award.
In 1856, New York City broker Francis Morris bought 23,000 acres (93.08 km 2; 35.94 sq mi) of land in Gillespie and Kerr counties for twenty-five cents an acre. He eventually sold off all but 16,000 acres (64.75 km 2; 25.00 sq mi), and hired his nephew Charles Morris to manage the acreage for horse breeding.
The Fredericksburg Dog Mart is an annual dog show event currently held in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The event first took place in 1698 to facilitate trading between the Manahoac Tribe of King William County, Virginia and settlers in and around the area that would become the city of Fredericksburg. [ 4 ]
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Albert, originally Martinsburg, is a ghost town located 16 miles (25.7 km) southeast of Fredericksburg and one mile (1.6 km) west of the Blanco County line in southeastern Gillespie County, Texas, United States. [3] The town was a stop on the Fredericksburg-Blanco stage route; [3] in 1967, it became a stop on the President's Ranch Trail. [4]
It is also part of the National Register's Fredericksburg Historic District, [3] and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. [5] The current campus also includes Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church at 302 East College Street. Originally opened in 1919, it was closed in the 1940s, then reopened as a mission of St. Mary's for Spanish speakers in ...
The Fredericksburg Historic District is located in Fredericksburg, Texas in Gillespie County. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in Texas on October 14, 1970 [ 2 ] The district area coincides with the original platting of the town by Herman Wilke, and the streets are laid out in a wide grid.