Heidenheimer, Texas
Unincorporated community in Bell County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Heidenheimer
Heidenheimer is an unincorporated community in Bell County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 144 in 2000. The community is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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How Heidenheimer is governed
Heidenheimer appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Bell County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Heidenheimer does have local officials.
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History
Heidenheimer grew up around the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway in 1881. The community was named in honor of S. Heidenheimer, a Galveston merchant, who had smuggled cotton for the Confederacy to British ships waiting outside of the blockaded city of Galveston; he also served as the railroad's director. In 1884, Heidenheimer had 75 inhabitants that were served by a general store, a blacksmith shop, and a church. The local economy was dominated by the shipment of cotton, corn, and oats to other markets. By 1896, the population rose to 225. Major businesses in the community included two gins, a hotel, a saloon, a lumber operation, and a newspaper (the Sun). A bank opened in the community in 1914. The population peaked at 250 in 1925. That figure had declined to 125 by the late 1940s when it had seven businesses and three churches. A slight increase was registered by 1990 when 144 people lived in the community with two businesses and remained there in 2000. Today, the railroad is the most active area of the community, with a grain elevator and a cotton gin.
Heidenheimer's post office, first established in 1881, is still operational to date (zip code: 76533).
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