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EDNA,
TEXASJackson County
Seat, Texas Gulf Coast
US Hwy 59, State Hwy 111, FM 1822 & FM 822
97 miles S of Houston
26 miles
N of Victoria
43 miles N of
Port Lavaca
Population 5,899 (2000) 5,343 (1990) |
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Depot, early 1900s
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
History
in a Pecan shell
Edna was named after a daughter of Count Joseph
Telfener - an Italian entrepreneur who was building a railroad from Rosenburg
to Victoria. Other family members
had towns named after them as well. While the railroad had the ambitious name
of The New York, Texas and Mexican Railroad, it didn't originate in New York,
nor did it reach Mexico. Known as "The Macaroni Line" for the Italian workmen
who were brought from Italy for construction, the rails eventually went as far
as Victoria. |
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The Edna Theater
TE Photo, 2001 |
A
timeline of significant events
1881: Railroad construction begins
1882: Town of Edna was established - first train arrives.
1883: Texana,
the former county seat which was bypassed by the railroad loses election in favor
of Edna
1884: New courthouse was contracted
1886: Post office opened -
population of Texana moves to Edna - population reaches 1,000
1900: Texana
hit hard by Galveston storm becomes a ghost town
1906: Fire engulfs downtown
Edna
1929: Population is 2,500
Jackson
County Courthouse |
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Edna Drying
Grain Elevator
TE photo |
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