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| | The
Stranger Cemetery
TE photo, 2001 |
Stranger
dates to the 1840s, although it is hard to imagine people settling such a remote
area this early. Before it was given it's unusual name, it was connected to the
community of Blue Ridge
and was referred to as "Upper Blue Ridge".
A plaque
near Stranger says the name was given to the town by a visiting Frenchman. That
seems like an unusual way to get your town named, no matter how gracious your
town is to visitors. We checked the Handbook of Texas Online and their
version is that a post office representative was asking the local blacksmith (who
may or may not have been French) what to name the town. Why he would be doing
this is anyone's guess, but he supposedly asked the man (a newcomer) who answered
that he shouldn't decide since he was a stranger. The agent wrote down at least
this part of the man's reply and there you have it. |
| | One
of the Stranger churches you'll see in Falls County
TE photo |
Two churches still
offer services in Stranger.
The population never surpassed 200 and that
was in 1884. The 1960 Census showed a population of 27, but what it is now is
anyone's guess.
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