Anhalt, Texas

{{Short description|Ghost town in Texas, US}}

{{Infobox settlement

| settlement_type = Ghost town

| image_skyline = Anhalt Dancehall.jpg

| image_caption = Anhalt Hall in 2015

| pushpin_map = Texas

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Texas

| pushpin_label = Anhalt

| coordinates = {{coord|29.7941091|-98.4755740}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Texas

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Comal

| elevation_m = 372

| elevation_ft = 1221

}}

Anhalt is a ghost town in Comal County, Texas, United States.{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1379349 |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov}} Settled in 1855{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=Anhalt Hall: A Historic Dance Hall and Community Center in Comal County |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/anhalt-hall |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}} by Germans, the community was named Krause Settlement in 1859—for resident George Krause. In 1876, to protect against Native Americans, they organized into the Germania Farmers Verein and built the Anhalt Hall in 1887, and enlarged in 1896. A post office operated there from 1879 to 1907. Through the 20th century, Anhalt declined, and by the 1970s—the last time a population was recorded there—it had a population of 10, and was abandoned by 2000.{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=Anhalt, Texas: A Historical Overview of the German Settlement |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/anhalt-tx |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}

There are two explanations for the name Anhalt. First, 'Anhalt' is German for 'stopping place', and Anhalt Hall was a rest stop for settlers—one of them, Heinrich Wehe, giving the suggestion. Second, it could refer to an Anhalt in Germany.