Nursery is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Victoria County

Victoria County, Texas

Victoria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 84,088. Its county seat is Victoria. It is included in the Victoria, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It is part of the Victoria, Texas

Victoria, Texas

Victoria is a city in and the seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 60,603 at the 2000 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 at the 2000 census,...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area

Victoria metropolitan area

The Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in the Coastal Bend region of Texas, anchored by the city of Victoria. The area is sometimes referred to as the Golden Crescent Region, though this term is sometimes...

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On April 12, 1833, Silvestre De León

Silvestre De León

Silvestre De León was the second son born to the influential De León family in Victoria, Texas. He became the third alcalde of Victoria. De León joined his brother-in-law Plácido Benavides to fight with Stephen F. Austin at the 1835 Siege of Béxar...

 and his wife Rosalie received a 4,428-acre tract of land from the Mexican government. Nursery, Texas was founded in 1884 on part of that land.

The Nursery Independent School District

Nursery Independent School District

Nursery Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Nursery, Texas .The district has one school - Nursery Elementary - that serves students in grades kindergarten through five....

 serves area elementary school students in grades kindergarten through five, while sixth through twelfth graders attend the nearby districts of Cuero

Cuero Independent School District

Cuero Independent School District is a public school district based in Cuero, Texas .Located in DeWitt County, a small portion of the district extends into Gonzales County....

 and Victoria

Victoria Independent School District

Victoria Independent School District is a public school district based in Victoria, Texas, United States.VISD serves the city of Victoria and the unincorporated community of McFaddin...

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Gilbert Onderdonk was Nursery's first postmaster in 1884.