Frydek ( ) is an

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in southeastern

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, United States. According to the

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, the community had a population of 150 from 1964 through 2000. It is located within the

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metropolitan area.

Geography

Frydek is situated on the west bank of the

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on FM 1458 about south of San Felipe and east of Sealy. It is also located southeast of the county seat of Bellville.

History

The area was first settled when some members of the

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received land grants in the 1820s. Czechs set up the community of Frydek in 1895 on a league of land that was originally granted to

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in 1831. The settlement was probably named after the town of Frýdek in what is now the

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. It soon became a market for farmers and ranchers and had a post office in 1901–1906. Frydek had four commercial establishments in 1931 as well as a church that remained in operation in 1999. The population was 25 in 1933, 75 in 1939, and 150 in 1964 through 2000. The population of the community remains predominantly

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. In 2019, part of this community was incorporated as the city of South Frydek, after the area around the church became part of the city of Sealy's Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ).

Education

The local school had 36 students in 1918. Today, the community is served by the

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Gallery

File:R0010049.jpg, St. Mary's Catholic Church in Frydek File:Frydek TX St Marys Catholic Church.jpg, St. Mary's Catholic Church in Frydek File:Frydek TX St Marys Cemetery.jpg, St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery on FM 1458 File:Frydek TX Old St Marys School.jpg, St. Mary's Parochial School (1916–1964)

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Austin County, Texas