- Berclair, Texas
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Berclair, Texas
settlement_type =Unincorporated Community
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population_total = 253
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footnotes =Berclair is an unincorporated community in Goliad County,
Texas ,United States .History
Berclair was established as a shipping point on the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific rail line to serve an already well-populated ranching area. On December 10, 1889, Joseph Blackburn paid the railroad company $100 as a bonus for building through Goliad County and donated right-of-way through the southern corner of his ranch. A post office was established in 1889, along with a depot and stock pens. Berclair was named either by the railroad surveyor after his home in Virginia or after the given names of Bert and Clair Lucas, owners of a nearby ranch.
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Berclair Mansion External Links
*handbook of texas online [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/hnb27.html]
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