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Muenster was founded in 1889 by German Catholic settlers led by brothers Carl and Emil Flusche, who recruited other German Catholics to a colony along the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad in western Cooke County.

The town was originally to be called Westphalia, but that name was already taken in Texas, so it was named Muenster in honor of Münster, the capital of Westphalia in Germany.

Muenster's official founding date is December 8, 1889, when the first Catholic Mass was celebrated in the Flusche land office by 25 men, seven women, and six children.

More than 90 percent of Muenster's residents are of German ancestry and Catholic, and German was spoken in day-to-day life in Muenster until the First World War.

Muenster incorporated in December 1927 after the discovery of oil in the area during the 1920s brought economic growth and new residents.

The 2020 census counted 1,536 residents and 588 households in Muenster, with a median resident age of 37.8 years.

Muenster's settlers built a school before they built a church, and Sacred Heart Catholic School, founded in 1890, is today the only school in the Fort Worth Diocese offering Catholic education from preschool through 12th grade.

The public Muenster High School has ranked among the top 10 percent of Texas high schools, with a 100 percent four-year graduation rate.

Muenster celebrates its heritage every year with Germanfest, held at Muenster City Park on the last full weekend of April since 1976, featuring German food, beer, music, a Metric Century bicycle rally, and a fun run, plus an Oktoberfest each fall.

Muenster still produces traditional German foods at its local meat market and bakery, and the town's nickname is Glockenspiel City.