By 1890, Ammannsville, with its predominantly Czech population, had grown into a fairly sizeable community. Immigrant Czech and German settlers looking for suitable farm land began arriving in the area in the 1870s and 1880s. The two communities both owe their names to Ammann – one directly linked to his name, and the other in memory of his place of education. Hall League between present-day Ammannsville and Swiss Alp. In early 1870, he purchased 300 acres of land in the W.A. He immigrated to the United States circa 1843 and made his way to La Grange, where he assisted with the design and construction of the first Fayette County jail.
Surrounded by rolling hills with pastures and an occasional grove of trees, the area just west of Ammannsville was first settled by Andrew Ammann, a native of the Empire of Austria, who received his architectural training and certification in Switzerland. 1383 that meanders from Hwy 77 South through Ammannsville and Dubina to Hwy 90 A, the community now is a mere shadow of its early days, when local farmers brought their cotton to the gins, traded in the stores, gathered together for social events at the lodge hall and worshipped at the church on Sundays. The sleepy little village of Ammannsville, Texas, located approximately eleven miles south of La Grange, once was a thriving community filled with a variety of businesses, in addition to a fraternal lodge hall, a Catholic Church and a number of different schools.
A Footprints of Fayette article by Carolyn Heinsohn: Ammannsville, Texas
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