Frydek ( ) is an
unincorporated community
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in southeastern
Austin County,
Texas
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, United States. According to the
Handbook of Texas
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, the community had a population of 150 from 1964 through 2000. It is located within the
Greater Houston metropolitan area.
Geography
Frydek is situated on the west bank of the
Brazos River on FM 1458, approximately 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
Old Three Hundred 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
Stephen F. Austin in 1831. The settlement was probably named after the town of
Frýdek in what is now the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. 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
Czech.
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
Sealy Independent School District.
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
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Unincorporated communities in Texas
Unincorporated communities in Austin County, Texas