Bleiblerville is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in northern Austin County

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, Texas

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, United States

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. It lies along local roads northwest of the city of Bellville

Bellville, Texas

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, the county seat

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 of Austin County. Its elevation is 371 feet (113 m). Although Bleiblerville is unincorporated, it has a post office

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, with the ZIP code

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 of 78931.

Bleiblerville was named for local shopkeeper Robert Bleibler, who started his business in the area in the late 1880s. The community grew rapidly with the influx of many German

Germans

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 immigrants in the late nineteenth century, and its post office was established in 1891. The community expanded in the 1960s with the increase of oil drilling

Oil well

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 in the community, but has since declined.

External links

• Profile of Bleiblerville from the Handbook of Texas Online
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