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Small town jokes like "my
town was so small we only had a yellow page," or "the town we're coming to was
Burgville," could borrow a line from tiny Okra, Texas where both "city limits"
signs are on the same pole.
Okra sign south side
TE photo, Feb.
2004 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
According to the Handbook of Texas, Okra,
Texas was "named for the vegetable." The Texas and Pacific Railway was
landowner when the town was settled in 1880. A post office was granted in 1899.
Okra's population was a mere fifty in 1914, declining to forty in 1940. It
declined further to only 20 1980, where it remained for the 1990 census. |
 | Okra
sign south side
TE photo, Feb. 2004 |
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