Vandenburg, Texas
{{Short description|Ghost town in Texas, US}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Vandenburg
| settlement_type = Ghost town
| pushpin_map = Texas
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Texas
| coordinates = {{coord|29.42727900|-99.11705900}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Texas
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Medina
}}
Vandenburg, formerly Castroville, is a ghost town in Medina County, Texas, United States.
History
Situated near Verde and Lucky Creek, Vandenburg was the second settlement of Henri Castro; he named it Castroville, after himself.{{Cite book |last=Weaver |first=Bobby D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdNm9AKw6mkC&q=Castro's+Colony:+Empresario+Development+in+Texas |title=Castro's Colony: Empresario Development in Texas, 1842-1865 |date=2005-08-19 |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=978-1-58544-518-9 |language=en}} In 1846, while establishing other settlements, August Ferdinand Louis Huth was appointed in charge in Castro's absence. Verde Creek ran dry, and settlers moved to establish New Fountain. The town was barren by 1989.{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=Vandenburg, TX |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/vandenburg-tx |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Association |first=Castro Colonies Heritage |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WORJQQAACAAJ |title=The History of Medina County, Texas |date=1983 |publisher=National ShareGraphics |isbn=978-0-88107-010-1 |language=en}}