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Marker No: 14778

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.402184, -97.467735

Location: ​Manda-Carlson Road at Wells School Road, Manor

Marker Text: ​Founded by  Swedish immigrants in the 1880s, this community was named for Amanda Bengtson Gustafson, sister of the town's postmaster. By the 1890s Manda boasted homes, farms, a cotton gin, general store, and blacksmith shop. The Manda Swedish Methodist congregation, organized in 1908, built a sanctuary in 1909 and was active until 1962. A Lutheran chapel was built in 1896. The Methodist Cemetery serves as a reminder of the early settlement. In 1947 area schools combined to form the Manda School District. The school building now serves as a community center. (1990)