New Ulm is an unincorporated community in Austin County, Texas, United States.

This community sat approximately one mile north of the present New Ulm site.

[3] By the mid-1840s, the area grew as an influx of German-speaking settlers arrived from nearby communities such as Industry, Shelby, and Nassau Farm.

The Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad purchased farm land owned by local resident Franz Pille for a line extension and it arrived in 1892, further stimulating New Ulm's economy.

On April 11, 1916, twenty-one men in the community met for the purpose of securing fire apparatus to protect local property.