Are These Texas Town Names Or Real Life Tongue Twisters?

If you look at the history of Texas, you'll notice that our state was settled by people from several different parts of the world.

That cultural diversity has led to some unusual sounding town names with weird spellings, looking at you, Pflugerville. Even in East Texas, we have a couple of towns that could be commonly mispronounced, like Palestine and Nacogdoches.

Are These Texas Town Names Or Real Life Tongue Twisters?

If you're visiting Texas this year, or are new to the state, you have probably run across some city names on the map that you're having trouble pronouncing. Don't fret, even some native Texans have a hard time with them.

Bexar County, Texas, is in South-Central Texas with San Antonio as its county seat. The county was created in 1836 and covered the western portion of the Republic of Texas.

The Bexar comes from San Antonio de Bexar, which was one of the first civil governments put in place by the Spanish. When you see Bexar County on a map, you will want to say it as Bex-air. But no, it's pronounced "Bear."

Texas Towns That Are Hard to Pronounce

In New Braunfels, you will find Gruene Hall. This dance hall is Texas' oldest such establishment and has had major music acts grace its stage over the years it's been open. The 6,000 square foot dance hall was built in 1878 and has remained relatively unchanged since then.

Gruene Hall has been in movies, used as a background for album cover art, and has had major music acts like ZZ Top and George Strait perform there. Oh, and it's pronounced Green Hall.

So yes, there are more than just towns in Texas that have weird-sounding names. So let's look at these Texas Town Names or Real Life Tongue Twisters?