Crabapple is an unincorporated farming and ranching community 10.5 miles (16.9 km) north of Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, Texas, United States, located on Crabapple Creek,[3] about halfway between Fredericksburg and Enchanted Rock State Park[4] at an elevation of 1,775 feet.

[7] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

[8] The initial non-indigenous settlers in Crabapple were German immigrants Friedrich Welgehausen, Jacob Land, Adam Pehl, Mathias Schmidt,[9] Nicolaus Rusche,[10] James Riley, Heinrich Kneese, and Jacob[11] and Adam Fries [12] in the mid 19th Century.

[13] On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County.

Balanced Rock [14] [15] was a famous local landmark that perched atop Bear Mountain in the Crabapple Community.