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Pisek, Texas

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crosses Fischer-Buller Road. Boggy Creek runs to the northwest through the site before turning southwest and emptying into Cummins Creek. Area roads include Lutonsky Lane, Buxkemper Road, 10th Street and Stokes Road to the northeast and Schmidt and Kickler Roads to the south. The junction of
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FM 1291 and Fischer-Buller Road is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south of the railroad crossing. New Ulm is 7.7 miles (12.4 km) east of the junction of FM 1291 and Fischer-Buller Road, while Fayetteville is 5.8 miles (9.3 km) west of the same place.
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The community called Pisek existed in the 1880s and boasted two commercial establishments. It was located where Lone Oak now exists, along FM 1291 roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) in each direction from the Fayette and Austin County lines. In 1887, when the
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completed its line to Boggy Tank and built a turntable at the site, the mostly Czech and German inhabitants of Pisek moved there. The railroad tried to name the new town Sandy Point, but eventually the name Pisek was adopted (after the Czech town of
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About 3 miles (4.8 km) to the east, there is a state historical marker that commemorates Mary Theresa Hennecke Juergens. Mary and her husband Conrad came to Texas in 1833 and built a cabin. As Mexican armies invaded Texas during the
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Pisek was situated in extreme northern Colorado County near where the
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There is a 1940s era Colorado County map at the following link.
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until 1871 when she moved to Ohio. She died there in 1891.
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Ghost town
Pisek is located in Texas
Pisek is located in the United States
29°55′00″N 96°34′59″W / 29.91667°N 96.58306°W / 29.91667; -96.58306
Country
State
Texas
County
Colorado
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
ZIP code
Area code
979
ghost town
Colorado County
U.S. state
Texas
ghost town
Farm to Market Road 1291
Fayetteville
Fayette County
New Ulm
Austin County
BNSF Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Písek

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