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Country
  
United States

County
  
Goliad

ZIP codes
  
77993

Local time
  
Sunday 1:54 PM

State
  
Texas

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
71 m

Weesatche, Texas

Weather
  
27°C, Wind SE at 24 km/h, 64% Humidity

Weesatche (/ˈwsæ/ WEE-satch) is an unincorporated community in northern Goliad County, Texas, United States. It lies along State Highway 119 north of the city of Goliad, the county seat of Goliad County. Its elevation is 233 feet (71 m). Although Weesatche is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 77993. The community is part of the Victoria, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Contents

Map of Weesatche, TX 77963, USA

History

Weesatche was founded around the year 1850 under the name of Middletown, being halfway between Clinton and Goliad, and its post office was established on 1855-11-22. However, confusion with a Middletown in Comal County led locals to rename the community after the sweet acacia tree; the community's name is a corruption of the plant's alternate name, huisache. A post office under the name of Weesatche was opened in May 1860; although it closed during the Civil War, it was restored in 1870.

Public services

Local children have attended the schools of the Goliad ISD since Weesatche's schools were consolidated into it in 1963. The community has a volunteer fire department.

Notable natives

  • Joseph Barnard, doctor and state legislator
  • References

    Weesatche, Texas Wikipedia