Schwertner is an unincorporated community in Williamson County, Texas, United States. It is approximately 28 miles north-northeast of Round Rock.[1] Schwertner has a post office, with the ZIP code 76573.[2]

Starting in 1909, Schwertner was along the tracks of the Bartlett-Florence Railway, later the Bartlett Western Railroad, which ran from a connection at Bartlett, Texas with the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad to Florence, Texas, a significant cotton-processing center.[3][4] The railroad gave Apostolic names to its stops, and the station for Schwertner was known as St. Matthew.[5] However, that line was abandoned in 1935.[6]

References

  1. "Round Rock, Texas to Schwertner, Texas". Google Maps. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  3. "The Four Gospels Railroad". Myra H. Mcilvain. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  4. "Throwback Thursday: Loss of Florence Landmark Prompts Memories of Cotton Gin Operations". The Independent, Liberty Hill, November 6, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  5. "The Old Bartlett Western Railroad and Marie Cronin". Clay Coppedge, TexasEscapes.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  6. "Bartlett Western Railway". Chris Cravens, Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved November 29, 2021.

30°48′56″N 97°30′51″W / 30.81556°N 97.51417°W / 30.81556; -97.51417


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