[Robert A Cook PE]

The (Catholic, anti-slavery) German settlers in Bastrop, New Braunfels, Castroville, Round Rock, Rockne, Schertz, Cibalo and points around Austin-San Antonio were so strong from 1835-1860 that that area almost "seceded" from Texas when it left the US to join the Confederacy.
Couple of waves of German immigration: first was 1835-1855, then again after the Franco-Prussian war in the mid-1870's. Less after the 1890-1910's when Germanic immigration lessened as the Slav's, Jews, Italians, and southern Europeans became more common into NY.
My great-grandmother (Bastrop-Rockne area) spoke nothing but German through the mid-20's. My grandmother grew up speaking German at home and at church. Likewise on my wife's side down near Castroville.

German POW camps were set in that area because they could find lots of German-speaking locals to hire the POW's in WWII to work on the farms and roads.

[MeekOneGOP]

I guess a lot of people don't know of the German influence here in Texas.
They have German festivals here:

Texas Best Annual Events

Texas Best German Festival

• Wurstfest
  New Braunfels, Texas
  800-221-4369
  10 days in November
  130,000+ visitors. Food, music, dancing, arts and crafts and much more.
• Germanfest
  Muenster, Texas
  Last weekend in April
  Food, bike rally, and run. 50,000 attend annually.
• Westfest
  West, Texas
  817-826-5058
  Labor Day
  Each year some 40,000 people converge on the Central Texas town of West and enjoy a family blend of food, culture, dance and just plain Czechoslovakian fun!