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ORANGEDALE,
TEXAS Bee County,
South Texas
FM 673
About 3 Miles NW of Beeville
Population:
000035 (2000) |
History in a Pecan
Shell Originally
part of the Wangeman Ranch, Orangedale came into being around 1906 when
the land was sub-divided into small farms. The word went out that citrus and other
fruits could be grown with ease and the freshly-minted name of the community advertised
the fact.
Improvements to Orangedale were modest – and commercially didn’t
extend beyond a store and gas station. At its peak Orangedale had two schools,
but state mandated consolidation erased those.
A
Visit to Orangedale, TexasPhotographer's
Note:
“There's a small group of residences along the road where the old townsite
once was. Friendship Baptist Church about a mile north of the old townsite still
serves the community.” - Will
Beauchamp, Oct. 2009 |
| Photo
courtesy Sylvia Garcia-Smith, January 2012 |
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