Serbin, Texas

Serbin is an unincorporated community in southwestern Lee County, Texas, United States.

The largest single migration of Sorbian immigrants to the United States settled in Texas, using Serbin as the "mother colony".

On September 20, 1854, about 550 Sorbian Lutherans from congregations in Lusatia, Prussia, and Saxony left for Texas under the leadership and pastoral care of John Kilian.

The Texas Wendish Heritage Museum is housed in Serbin on the St. Paul church grounds.

According to the 2000 U.S. census, only 37 people in the 78942 ZIP Code area (which also includes Giddings and other nearby towns) spoke a Slavic language other than Polish or Russian at home.

A Wendish pioneer log cabin on the grounds of St. Paul Lutheran Church was the home of John Kilian, as well as serving as the school and church.
Lee County map