Ora is a
ghost town in
Angelina County, in the
U.S. state of
Texas.
It is located within the
Lufkin, Texas micropolitan area.
History
A post office was established at Ora in 1884 and remained in operation until 1911. It operated under the name Breaker in 1884 and was changed to Ora ten years later. Ora had a general store, a corn mill,
Christian
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and
Methodist churches, a
blacksmith and a
physician in 1896. There were also several
sawmills in operation. There were two churches in the community as late as the 1930s. When
Sam Rayburn Reservoir was completed in 1960, much of the community was submerged by its creation. Today the same two churches, as well as the old houses, remain, along with a gas station, a storage unit, and a now defunct fire department .
Geography
Ora was located midway between
Huntington and the
Angelina River, east of
Lufkin
Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas and the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and about 60 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border. Its estimated population is 35,021 as of July 1, 2019.
Lufkin was founded ...
in eastern Angelina County.
Education
Ora had a school that was built with wood sidings and was known as Plank School. It continued to operate in the 1930s.
Today, the ghost town is located within the
Huntington Independent School District.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Texas
Images
File:Clairemont Texas Abandoned Jail.jpg, Abandoned jail in Clairemont (Kent County)
File:Benton City Institute.jpg, Abandoned school in Benton City (Atascosa County)
File:Close City Texas abandoned school.jpg, Abandoned school in C ...
References
Geography of Angelina County, Texas
Ghost towns in East Texas
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