Castroville, Texas Castroville, Texas Castroville City Hall Castroville City Hall Official seal of Castroville, Texas Location of Castroville, Texas Location of Castroville, Texas Castroville is a town/city in Medina County, Texas, United States.
Prior to 1893, Castroville was the first governmental center of county of Medina County.
Castroville is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Castroville was established in 1844 by Henri Castro, an empresario of the Republic of Texas, who brought a several dozen European families to the region from Alsace and adjoining Baden to populate his territory grant along the Medina River 20 miles west of San Antonio.
From 1849, Castroville, on the Medina River was a water stop on the San Antonio-El Paso Road and a stagecoach station on the San Antonio-El Paso Mail Line and San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line.
In Castroville's first century, a visitor would be more likely to hear Alsatian a dialect spoken in Europe before Standard German was prevalent than English spoken in the town's homes, stores, and taverns.
Modern Alsatian travelers noted that the dialect spoken in Castroville was more like that which was spoken in the 1840s.
The Steinbach Haus (originally assembled between 1618 and 1648 in Wahlbach, France) was dismantled and reconstructed in Castroville in 1998.
Castroville is a sister town/city of Ensisheim (Alsace) in France.
Castroville is positioned at 29 21 N 98 53 W (29.3550, -98.8807). This is 20 miles west of Downtown San Antonio.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), of which, 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2) of it is territory and 0.39% is veiled with water.
In the city, the populace was distributed as 28.0% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The City of Castroville is served by the Medina Valley Independent School District and Saint Louis Catholic School (prekindergarten through fifth grade).
Waders cool off in the Medina River in Castroville on Fathers Day.
Castroville State Bank Trees shade the entrance to the Landmark Inn, a state historic site in Castroville.
The Old Alsatian Steakhouse and Ristorante in the historic precinct of Castroville Downtown Castroville, Texas Castroville, Texas official Page https://castrovilletx.com/castroville-texas-history.htm Castroville Texas City History Handbook of Texas Online: Castroville, Texas Municipalities and communities of Medina County, Texas, United States
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Alsatian emigrants to the United States - Cities in Texas - Cities in Medina County, Texas - San Antonio urbane region - Populated places established in 1844 - 1844 establishments in the Republic of Texas - San Antonio-El Paso Road - San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line - Stagecoach stops in the United States
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