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ALGOA, TEXASGalveston
County, Texas Gulf Coast
Highway 6
4 miles SE of Alvin
Population: 135 (est)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Founded 1880
Originally named Hughes, the town was on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe Railway. A post office was granted under the name Algoa in 1897
which sinks the theory that it was named after a steamship (the Algoaian)
that was blown far inland after the 1900
Galveston Storm.
The area was famed for its produce - particularly figs (which were
much more popular then than now). Rice farming was a major economic
force in the 1920s and even dairy farming - as strange as that seems
now.
Only fifty people called the place home in the 20s and although records
from the Great Depression aren't available, there were 350 residents
by 1940. The towns proximity to Alvin caused the post office to be
closed in the early 70s, but the town is still doing well and they're
still growing figs. |
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