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WEIMAR<br />

Population: 1,981<br />

STATISTICAL SECTION<br />

Top: Two views of Veterans Memorial Field, which was<br />

built in 1948 and seated 4,000; middle left: volunteer<br />

Fire Department in front of City Hall; middle right:<br />

Main Street in the 1940s; bottom: Yoens Memorial<br />

Hospital, built in the 1940s, was replaced with the<br />

Colorado-Fayette Medical Center (inset) in the 1980s.<br />

Situated on land in the original Stephen F. Austin colony,<br />

Weimar's name was changed from Jackson Station by<br />

German settlers reminded of their homeland. Located on<br />

I-10 between San Antonio, Austin, and Houston, Weimar<br />

has long been an agricultural and ranching city. Today<br />

the library is housed in the old train depot, on the State<br />

Historical Register; and the Heritage Society Museum of<br />

Weimar is located in the Old Hill Bank building. Baseball<br />

continues to be an institution in Weimar; in 1948 the<br />

town built a lighted baseball field with a grandstand that<br />

held 4,000 spectators for its semi-professional team.<br />

More recently, the emphasis has been on youth baseball.<br />

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