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Clarification on School Land
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Local surveyor William Bernsen of Plum provided this image of a map he owns showing the boundaries of land abstracts in Fayette County. In the center of the image is an abstract named “Fayette County School Land.” This land was granted by Texas for the benefit of public schools in Fayette County. The land was subsequently sold to private owners with the proceeds dedicated to the schools. Image courtesy of William Bernsen
In Tuesday’s story about Fayette County signing a wind farm lease for its school land in Baylor County, we wrote that Fayette County has kept its school land unlike many other counties which have sold theirs over the years.
After the story came out, local surveyor William Bernsen pointed out that Fayette County has not kept all of its school land. In the County’s early history, the State of Texas granted Fayette County other school lands including a large section of acreage between Schulenburg and La Grange for the benefit of public schools. In deed records, this abstract is known as “Fayette County School Land.”
The land was sold to benefit the local schools many years ago, and all of it today remains in private hands.
– Andy Behlen