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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. |
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Okra
sign south side
TE photo,
Feb. 2004 |
| Texas
Escapes, in its purpose to preserve historic, endangered and vanishing
Texas, asks that anyone wishing to share their local history, stories,
landmarks and recent or vintage photos, please contact
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