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Orange, Texas

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The city of Orange is located in Orange County and is the county seat.

Orange is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Orange lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Orange can be found in:

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At the time of the 2000 Census, Orange had a population of 18,643 people<2> (or 21.96% of the total population of Orange County). The population of Orange represented 0.09% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 118th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Orange had a population of 19,494 people. This is an increase of 4.56% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Orange.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200819,494+4.56%+0.47% since 2007
200719,403+4.08%-0.15% since 2006
200619,433+4.24%-1.57% since 2005
200519,742+5.89% 
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200018,643The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Vinton (LA)   NE12 mi [19.31 km]3,2552.49% decrease
 Bridge City   SW7 mi [11.27 km]8,5930.67% decrease
 Deweyville   N12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Groves   SW14 mi [22.53 km]14,3938.52% decrease
 Mauriceville   NW8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Nederland   SW17 mi [27.36 km]16,0967.61% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Orange.

Websites for Orange

Official Website:   www.orangetexas.net/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.org/-tx.com/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Orange or Orange County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Orange. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Orange:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Orange? Please visit the Map Page for Orange.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orange - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Orange.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Orange and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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