Klein, TX, United States
The Klein Community. A farming community developed in this area after a group of German immigrants settled on the banks of Cypress Creek in 1845. The settlement was later named for Adam Klein, who left Germany in 1849 and joined the California gold rush before moving here with his wife Friederika (K
lenk) in 1854. Farmers in this vicinity raised cotton, potatoes, and corn, and marketed their produce in Huston, a two-day trip by wagon. Center of community life was Trinity Lutheran Church, organize
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