Industry, TX

Industry is a town in Austin County, Texas, United States, at the junction of State Highway 159 and Farm to Market Road 109. The 2020 census counted 268 residents. Industry was the first permanent German settlement in Texas. Friedrich Ernst, Industry's founder, settled here in 1831 and gained Industry the title "Cradle of German Settlement in Texas". Industry students are zoned to West End Elementary School, Bellville Junior High School, and Bellville High School. The through line in Industry is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Industry makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The community was so named on account of the industrious character of the first settlers.