Cestohowa is an unincorporated community in Karnes County, Texas, United States.

[3] The Spanish built a fort, the Presidio Fuerte de Santa Cruz del Cibolo near Cestohowa, founded in 1734.

[4] The community's history is closely tied to the settlement of Panna Maria, five miles to the south.

It was from Panna Maria, the oldest Polish settlement in the United States, that forty Silesian families established Cestohowa in 1873.

Public education in the community of Cestohowa is provided by the Falls City Independent School District.