A post office was opened in 1893 under the name Rolyat, but changed to Oak Grove in 1906 due to the oak trees nearby. Two hundred people were living in the community in 1914 but the total plunged to 80 in 1925. The post office closed in the 1950s. Its population was 60 as of 1982 and the community had no businesses. In 2000, 294 residents lived in Oak Grove.[2]
grove, bowie, county, texas, town, kaufman, county, grove, kaufman, county, texas, grove, also, known, rolyat, unincorporated, community, bowie, county, texas, united, states, according, handbook, texas, community, population, 2000, located, within, texarkana,. For the town in Kaufman County see Oak Grove Kaufman County Texas Oak Grove also known as Rolyat is an unincorporated community in Bowie County Texas United States 1 According to the Handbook of Texas the community had a population of 294 in 2000 It is located within the Texarkana metropolitan area Oak Grove Bowie County TexasUnincorporated communityOak GroveShow map of TexasOak GroveShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 33 32 10 N 94 41 17 W 33 53611 N 94 68806 W 33 53611 94 68806CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyBowieElevation427 ft 130 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code s 903 amp 430GNIS feature ID1364265 1 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Education 4 ReferencesHistory EditA post office was opened in 1893 under the name Rolyat but changed to Oak Grove in 1906 due to the oak trees nearby Two hundred people were living in the community in 1914 but the total plunged to 80 in 1925 The post office closed in the 1950s Its population was 60 as of 1982 and the community had no businesses In 2000 294 residents lived in Oak Grove 2 Geography EditOak Grove is located on U S Route 82 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad line some 4 5 mi 7 2 km west of DeKalb in northwestern Bowie County 2 It is also located 21 mi 34 km east of Clarksville 17 mi 27 km west of New Boston and 40 mi 64 km west of Texarkana 3 Education EditOak Grove is served by the New Boston Independent School District References Edit a b U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Oak Grove Bowie County Texas a b Oak Grove TX Bowie County from the Handbook of Texas Online Oak Grove Texas Texas Escapes Online Magazine Retrieved August 30 2022 nbsp This article about a location in Bowie County Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oak Grove Bowie County Texas amp oldid 1167412587, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
