Marker Inscription
The South Gabriel Post Office opened in Postmaster Thomas Lewiston's mercantile store on Sept. 29, 1871. The village, named for the South San Gabriel River, was also called Lewiston. Located on the Austin-Burnet Road, the hamlet soon had two stores, a hotel, saloon, cotton gin, school, church, and wagon, saddle, blacksmith, and carpentry shops. The population in 1880 was 39. The Austin and Northwestern Railroad passed to the north of the settlement in 1882, and on Dec. 8, 1882, the post office moved to the new town of Bertram (2 miles N) and South Gabriel disappeared.
About this site
South Gabriel is a historical marker in Bertram, Burnet County, dedicated in 1974. It is one of 61 historical markers documented in Burnet County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 121 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.7209, -98.0435 near Bertram. The nearest cataloged historic site is South San Gabriel Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Bertram School, Bertram, and Stringtown Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5053009748. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
