CENTER POINT - FULL OF HISTORY AND VACATION OPPORTUNITIES
By Julie Kathryn Quest-Brooks, Broker, Hill Country Home & Ranch Team
(Hill Country Home & Ranch Team)
CENTER POINT - FULL OF HISTORY AND VACATION OPPORTUNITIES November 14th, 2008 categories: Places to Go & Things to Do Center Point is on the Guadalupe River eight miles southeast of Kerrville in southeastern Kerr County. Dr. Charles de Ganahl opened the first post office in Center Point (in his home) in November 1859. He called it Zanzenburg in honor of his ancestral home in Austria. The next postmaster renamed the growing community Center Point likely because the settlement was halfway between Kerrville and Comfort, as well as halfway between Fredericksburg and Bandera. The Guadalupe River is dammed at Center Point providing a wonderful place for public swimming. It features a waterfall that flows even in drought. Antiquers will find a fun place to stop on the main thoroughfare through...
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