Map of Poth town

Poth (/poʊθ/ POHTH) is a town in Wilson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,819 at the 2020 census. It is part of the San Antonio metropolitan area.

Poth town overview:
Name:	Poth town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Wilson County
Elevation:	404 ft (123 m)
Total Area:	3.19 sq mi (8.26 km²)
Land Area:	3.17 sq mi (8.20 km²)
Water Area:	0.02 sq mi (0.06 km²)
Total Population:	1,819
Population Density:	721.42/sq mi (278.52/km²)
ZIP code:	78147
Area code:	830
FIPS code:	4859096
GNISfeature ID:	1365682

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History

The town was originally named Marcelina when it was established in 1886 for employees of the railway between San Antonio and Aransas Pass, but renamed in 1901 for A. H. Poth, who owned a cotton processing business.

In 1970, the town made national news when almost all of its citizens (more than 1,100 out of 1,296) agreed to be inoculated with the oral polio vaccine when one of the town’s children contracted polio.

Poth Road Map

Poth city Satellite Map

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km), all of it land. This is about 35 mi (56 km) southeast of Downtown San Antonio.