Lindenau, Texas

Lindenau is an unincorporated community in DeWitt County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1]

History

Lindenau was founded in 1891[2] The community was originally built up chiefly by Germans.[3] A post office was established at Lindenau in 1895, and remained in operation until 1947.[4]

gollark: I mean, what's the alternative? Give it to someone *randomly*? Allocate it based on some notion of what's "best for society", which you probably can't calculate in a way everyone will agree on?
gollark: Something something noncentral fallacy. Just because it has aspects similar to bribes, doesn't mean all the bad connotations of "bribe" should reasonably be carried along.
gollark: In a market thing goods just go to whoever is willing to pay for them.
gollark: What?
gollark: The argument for land value tax is that it's apparently more economically efficient in some way than income taxes, and inasmuch as nobody actually produces land/natural resources value derived from them should go to everyone.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lindenau, Texas
  2. Lindenau, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
  3. "Communities of DeWitt County play vital role in county's heritage". The Victoria Advocate. Apr 5, 2003. pp. 2E. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. "DeWitt County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 August 2015.



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