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Orange
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city in Orange County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Orange
- Community
- 1830 as Green's Bluff
- Renamed
- 1840 as Madison
- Incorporated
- 1858 as Orange
- Type
- Council–manager
- Total
- 21.456 sq mi (55.571 km )
- Land
- 21.352 sq mi (55.301 km )
- Water
- 2.104 sq mi (5.450 km )
- Elevation
- 10 ft (3.0 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 19,081
- Density
- 890/sq mi (345/km )
- Demonym
- Orangite
- Time zone
- UTC–7 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–6 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 77630, 77631, 77632
- Fips code
- 48-54132
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Orange
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Orange County
- Population
- 19324
- Area
- 58.12962
- Elevation
- 2
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Orange County
- Official website
- www.orangetexas.net
- Image
- Orange, Texas water tower.jpg
- Households
- 7196
- Dialing code
- 409
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- Commons category
- Orange, Texas
- postal code
- 77632
- topic's main category
- Category:Orange, Texas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Orange, Texas
- inception
- 1830-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 5.0654
- native label
- Orange
- per capita income
- 27960
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Encyclopedic overview
Orange is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Texas, United States. The population was 19,324 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost city in Texas, located on the Sabine River at the border with Louisiana, and is 113 miles (182 km) from Houston. Orange is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area. Founded in 1836, it is a deep-water port to the Gulf of Mexico.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orange” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.