Telferner, Texas
Unincorporated community in Victoria County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Telferner
Telferner is an unincorporated community in Victoria County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 700 in 2000. It is part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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How Telferner is governed
Telferner 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 Victoria County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Telferner does have local officials.
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History
The community was established in 1882, when the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway from Victoria to Rosenberg was completed. The station was located on John N. Keeran's California Ranch. A post office opened at the site in 1895 under the name Keeran. In 1908, the community was renamed Jasmine. Soon after, the name was changed again to Telferner, after Italian count Joseph Telferner, who was the president and one of the builders of the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway. By 1904, Telferner was home to roughly 100 residents, with five stores, a gin, and a lumberyard. Despite the discovery of an oilfield in the area, the population declined substantially over the following years. By 1985, however, it had rebounded to around 300. That figure had risen to 700 by 2000.
Telferner has a post office with the ZIP code 77988.
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