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History in a Pecan
Shell
Thought to be settled after the Civil War, it was originally
called Lecomteville after Leon Lecomte, the town’s first postmaster. The
office closed, reopened in 1890 and then closed for good in 1910.
The name
Losoya is thought to be a corruption of Laysawyer, the surname of local settlers.
The 1878 population was given as 100, but fell to 89 by 1910. The proximity to
San Antonio kept the population
low and by 1940 it was a mere 75 people.
The postwar boom of San
Antonio reached Losoya and it finally gained residents reaching 322 for the
1990 Census. The number was also used for the 2,000 figure. |
Losoya,
Texas Images & Historical Markers: |
Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
El Carmen Cemetery
Battle of Medina
Enrique
Esparza - Alamo Survivor
Photos and Notes courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January, 2009 |
| "Historical
marker for the El Carmen Cemetery (Cementerio del Carmen) in Losoya at Our Lady
of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church. Many of the casualties of the Battle
of Medina were buried here." - Terry
Jeanson | |
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