Williamson County Historical Commission
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NEW BERN, TEXAS est. 1880s
Census statistics unavailable
Original St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, erected in 1893, (on left) and the more recent church, built in 1912, which was later moved to Wuthrich Hill in 1948. New Bern was the destination for many Swiss immigrants in the 1880s, who named the community after their native Bern.
Courtesy of Helen Stauffer
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Fritz Stauffer's first Car, ca. 1912-1914
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New Bern by The Handbook of Texas Online
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