Five Latin Settlements

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The five Texas settlements "officially" considered historical "Latin Settlements":

• Bettina, Llano County, 1847 named after Bettina von Arnim

Commune first started in 1847 and dissolved one year later.

• Latium, Washington County;

Latium is located on Farm Road 389 near Pond Creek, twelve miles from Brenham in the southwest corner of Washington County. The estimated population, predominantly Czech with a German minority, was thirty in 1988. At that time Latium had a Catholic church, a Czech Catholic cemetery, a service station, a volunteer fire department, and a general store, which also served as a community center. In 2000 the population was still thirty.

• Millheim, Austin County

MILLHEIM, TEXAS. Millheim was established eight miles south of Bellville in central Austin County about 1845, when a mill was constructed on Clear Creek, a tributary of Mill Creek. The number of residents declined rapidly after World War II, though in 1948, the town reported three rated businesses, a church, a school, and an estimated 100 inhabitants. The population grew to 150 by 2000.

• Sisterdale, Kendall County,

 Nicolaus Zink built the first house in 1847, Ernst Kapp founded the settlement in 1849, on Farm roads 1376 and 473, thirteen miles north of Boerne in north central Kendall County. In the mid-1980s local sources estimated the population at fewer than 100. In 1990 it was reported as sixty. The population was sixty-three in 2000.

• Tusculum, Kendall County - name changed in 1852 to Boerne

Founded in 1849 as Tusculum, the name was changed to Boerne after the German author and publicist Ludwig Börne when the town was mapped in 1852.  Its population was 10,471 in the 2010 census

Occasionally the following locations in Texas are also named among the "Latin Settlements":

• Bluff, Fayette County
• Castell, Llano County
• Comfort, Kendall County
• Frelsburg, Colorado County
• Leiningen, Llano County
• Meyersville, DeWitt County
• Ratcliffe, DeWitt County
• Schoenburg, Llano County
• Shelby, Austin County

Outside Texas the following are also sometimes considered "Latin Settlements":

• Dutzow, Warren County, Missouri
• Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois

Information taken from Wikipedia and Texas Sate Historical Association [online].