The area was first settled in the 1840s. The community is also called Upper or North Blue Ridge, being linked to Blue Ridge from south of town. Stranger first started to grow after the Civil War, being granted a post office in 1879. The most accepted story of how Stranger derived its name was when a local blacksmith was asked what the name of the town was. The response of the man was he did not know, he had just moved to the area, and that he was a stranger to town.[2] In 1884, 200 people called Stranger home. Four churches called the place home, as did a school, steam cotton gin, corn mill and a hotel. Thereafter, the population declined. By the 20th century, the town was down to 107 residents. By the 1940s, only one business was remaining in Stranger, and only half of the 107 people who were there forty years before. In the 1960s, the schools closed and consolidated with Marlin I.S.D. In 2000, the population was reportedly 27.
stranger, texas, stranger, unincorporated, community, just, north, highway, miles, from, marlin, eastern, falls, county, texas, united, states, unincorporated, communitystrangershow, texasstrangershow, united, statescoordinates, 32583, 72444, 32583, 72444count. Stranger is an unincorporated community just north of Highway 7 and ten miles from Marlin 1 in eastern Falls County Texas United States Stranger TexasUnincorporated communityStrangerShow map of TexasStrangerShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 31 19 33 N 96 43 28 W 31 32583 N 96 72444 W 31 32583 96 72444Country United States of AmericaState TexasCountyFallsPopulation 2000 Total27Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP code76661Area code254History editThe area was first settled in the 1840s The community is also called Upper or North Blue Ridge being linked to Blue Ridge from south of town Stranger first started to grow after the Civil War being granted a post office in 1879 The most accepted story of how Stranger derived its name was when a local blacksmith was asked what the name of the town was The response of the man was he did not know he had just moved to the area and that he was a stranger to town 2 In 1884 200 people called Stranger home Four churches called the place home as did a school steam cotton gin corn mill and a hotel Thereafter the population declined By the 20th century the town was down to 107 residents By the 1940s only one business was remaining in Stranger and only half of the 107 people who were there forty years before In the 1960s the schools closed and consolidated with Marlin I S D In 2000 the population was reportedly 27 References edit Stranger Stranger History at TSHA Online 31 19 37 N 96 43 28 W 31 32694 N 96 72444 W 31 32694 96 72444 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stranger Texas amp oldid 1181053489, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
