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FRUITVALE, TEXAS

Van Zandt County, Central Texas North

32°40'59"N 95°47'59"W (32.682930, -95.799609)

U.S. Highway 80
NE of Canton the county seat
8 miles W of Grand Saline
10 miles E of Edgewood
59 Miles E of Dallas
41 Miles NW of Tyler
ZIP code 75127
Area code 903
Population: 428 Est. (2019)
408 (2010) 418 (2000) 349 (1990)

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Fruitvale Texas Church
Photo courtesy Mike Price, 2007
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History in a Pecan Shell

Originally named Bolen Switch, local fruit growers petitioned for a change of name in 1901. The post office took the new name when it was granted in 1903. The first fruit nursery took root in the region back in the 1870s and 1880s.

By 1914 the town was served by two general stores and besides selling fruit trees, the town also shipped lumber. It wasn’t until the 1930s when the town reached 160 residents and it didn’t incorporate until the mid 1960s when its population was still just 150. By 1988 the population had reached 395, declining to 349 by 1990.

Fruitvale Texas store
The old Williams General Store
Photo courtesy Mike Price, 2007

Photographer's Note:
Not a lot here. The old building was marked as a feed store but doesn't show up in the picture. - Mike Price, October 25, 2007

Fruitvale, Texas Forum

  • Subject: Fruitvale
    I lived in Fruitvale, Texas went to school up through 5th grade. We always called the school Mrs Hallie's when we were growing up. We lived on 5th a couple times in different houses, one even had outside toilet. They were own by Mrs Hallie even though that was her first name that's what we called her. - Bonnie Smith, January 17, 2023



  • Subject: The old Williams General Store
    [Above] photo shows the old Williams General Store in Fruitvale. Run By Hallie and Jane Randall when I was a child. I believe Mrs. Hallie inherited the store from her husband. Mrs. Jane was there in the store in '05. This picture shows the store empty and painted. It held many pieces of the town's history, including P.O. boxes from the old post office and the largest old juke box I'd ever seen. I used to walk from the elementary school (across hwy 80 and the train tracks) to wait for my father to pick me up, every day. I'd sit on the old Coca-Cola top-loader and watch tv until he arrived. I left town for N.Y. at the age of 12. Great memories. Thanks, Christopher L. Evans, February 05, 2013



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    Fruitvale, Texas Nearby Towns:
    Canton the county seat
    Grand Saline
    Edgewood
    Tyler
    Dallas
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