Cottage Hill, Texas

Cottage Hill was a settlement that once existed in eastern Bexar County, Texas, United States.

[1][2] In the 1840s the Irvin family settled at the 18 mile marker on the San Antonio to Gonzales road.

In 1855, two wealthy speculators, Gideon Lee and Joseph Beck, purchased land and laid out a town called Cottage Hill.

In 1876 a well known gunfight happened in Cottage Hill, in which Tom Secrest and William Irvin were killed, James Applewhite of La Vernia was brought before a grand jury but was released.

In 1877 John Humphrey was ambushed bringing mail from San Antonio and died a day later.