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Algoa
History in a Pecan ShellFounded
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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