Algoa is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Galveston County,

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, United States. The population was 125 according to the 2000 census.http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1329358 GNIS Detail - Algoa, TX The 2010 census did not record the population of Algoa.

History

The town was founded in 1880 on the

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (GC&SF) was chartered in Texas in 1873 to build a railroad from Galveston, Texas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. By 1886, it had built from Galveston to a junction in Temple, Texas, which was founded by the co ...

and originally named Hughes. In 1893 telephone service was installed in the area, and in 1897 a post office was opened under the name Algoa. Primarily an agricultural community, early crops consisted of mainly pears, satsumas, strawberries, and figs that were then sold in nearby

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. Later, in the early 1900s, many farmers switched over to rice and dairy farming.

Education

Algoa students are zoned to schools in the

Santa Fe Independent School District Santa Fe Independent School District (SFISD) is a public school district based in Santa Fe, Texas (USA) in the Houston metropolitan area. In addition to Santa Fe, the district serves parts of League City, La Marque, Hitchcock, and Dickinso ...

Postal services

The Algoa post office closed in 1972. Mail service is handled by the nearby

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and Santa Fe post offices. Algoa uses Alvin, Texas zip code, 77511.

References

External links

* Unincorporated communities in Galveston County, Texas Greater Houston Unincorporated communities in Texas {{GalvestonCountyTX-geo-stub