Spring Branch Post Office

Gottlieb Elbel and Christiane Zeh immigrated to Texas from Germany in 1849. They married and settled this farm and were among the founders of Spring Branch Creek. Gottlieb built this two-room log cabin in 1852 where the family lived. The Spring Branch Post Office originally opened on Spring Branch Creek in 1858, closed during the Civil War, and reopened in this homestead cabin from 1867 to 1872 with Gottlieb Elbel as postmaster. He kept a postal journal that is an invaluable record of the postal correspondence and subscriptions of the area residents. This postal station between New Braunfels and Fredericksburg, with the mail delivered on horseback, was significant in the rural community’s development.

Spring Branch Post Office is a historical marker in Spring Branch, Comal County, dedicated in 2014. It is one of 106 historical markers documented in Comal County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 256 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.8931, -98.4332 near Spring Branch. The nearest cataloged historic site is Elbel Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Kretzer Cemetery, Neugebauer Cemetery, and Specht's Crossing.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017814. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.