Marker Inscription
Founded as market center for a 44,000-acre farm development. Thrived for 3 years, 1914-1916. Wentz townsite was named for C.C. Wentz (1872-1957), agent of the Two Rivers Ranch Company. He promoted the townsite for the absentee Kansas landlords, and was also a well-known businessman in West Virginia before coming to Texas. The town grew to have about 200 people by 1916. A limousine was hired to meet each train at Three Rivers and bring the mail to Wentz. A severe drouth in 1917, though, forced most citizens to move. The post office closed, 1921; the two schools in 1948. 1968
About this site
Wentz is a historical marker in McMullen County, Texas, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 20 historical markers documented in McMullen County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 22 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.4605, -98.4434. The nearest cataloged historic site is Yarbrough Bend (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include McMullen College, Old, First Producing Gas Well in McMullen County and First Gas Pipeline to San Antoni, and Calliham.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5311005546. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
