Established in 1894 in southern Wharton County, earliest settlers were Danish immigrants who relocated from the Midwest to Texas to extend and promote Danish culture in the...
Established in 1894 in southern Wharton County, earliest settlers were Danish immigrants who relocated from the Midwest to Texas to extend and promote Danish culture in the U.S. Historical records, by word and photos, were kept by these early settlers and continued by following generations, and they are now housed in the Danevang Museum. Danevang was declared “The Danish Capital of Texas” by the Texas Legislature in 1991. Danevang, translated from Danish, means “Danish Fields.”