Danciger is an

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, United States. According to the

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, the community had a population of 357 in 2000. It is located within the

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metropolitan area.

History

Danciger was founded when the local oil and refining company opened the Pledger Dome

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in 1933. A post office was established at Danciger in 1934. It had two businesses in 1939, with a population of 150 residents. The population jumped to 314 from 1974 through 1990. Danciger still had two businesses in 1978, with two more opening in the early 1990s. Its population grew to 357 in 2000, while returning to only two businesses.

Geography

Danciger is located on Farm to Market Road 1301 near Dance Bayou and the

Matagorda County Matagorda County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 36,255. Its county seat is Bay City, not to be confused with the larger Baytown in Harris and Chambers Counties. Matagorda County i ...

line, west of West Columbia, west of Angleton, southeast of Wharton, and northeast of Bay City in extreme west central Brazoria County.

Government and infrastructure

The

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operates the Danciger Post Office on Farm to Market Road 1301.Post Office™ Location - DANCIGER
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. Retrieved on July 27, 2011. "25420 FM 1301 DANCIGER, TX 77431-9800" In July 2011 the USPS announced that it may close the post office. Joe King, the Brazoria County Judge, said in 2011 that he was not surprised that the postal agency targeted the post office for closure and that " r years when I drove by, I wondered how many people it served. There's nothing there — just this tiny house about the size of my office, sitting in the yard of another house. There's nothing else out there."Horswell, Cindy and Megan Ryan.
South Texas post office closures 'heart breaking' for many
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''. July 26, 2011. Retrieved on July 27, 2011.

Education

The

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operates schools in the area.

References

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