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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/Zorn-Texas.htm Zorn at Texas Escapes]
*[http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/Zorn-Texas.htm Zorn at Texas Escapes]
*[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ZZ/hnz2.html Zorn from Handbook of Texas online]
*[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnz02 Zorn from Handbook of Texas online]
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{{Guadalupe County, Texas}}



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Zorn, Texas
LandVereinigte Staaten
StateTexas
CountyGuadalupe
Elevation
538 ft (164 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code830
GNIS feature ID1372107[1]

Zorn is an unincorporated community in northern Guadalupe County, Texas. Zorn is located on Texas State Highway 123 approximately 13 miles (21 km) north of the town of Seguin.

History

The small town of Zorn was named for the storekeeper Joseph Zorn. Joseph Zorn also served as mayor of Seguin from 1890 to 1910. In the late 1800s Zorn had a population of 150 and two grist mills. The present population is twenty-six.

Buried in Zorn is the Arkansas Democratic politician Monroe Schwarzlose, who polled 31 percent of the vote as a protest against Bill Clinton in the 1980 gubernatorial primary.

References

  1. ^ "Zorn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.