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Westhoff,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
29° 11' 41.154936",
-97° 28' 15.3327"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Founded 1906 as Bello (Beautiful View), tent city of workers building Texas and New Orleans Railroad. Renamed 1909 for Wm. Westhoff (August 8, 1831 - March 19, 1911), local merchant and political leader. For a time town had 3 cotton gins, 13 stores. It remains a farming - ranching - uranium leasing center, inhabited by many ethnic groups.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Westhoff Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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