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Pecan Plantation is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Hood County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,294 at the 2010 census, [ 3 ] up from 3,544 at the 2000 census.
The gated community is made up of multiple neighborhoods, including The Landings Airpark at Pecan Plantation, which features homes with airplane hangars and taxiway among the neighborhood.
Pecan Point is a trading post and ghost town along the Red River of the South, in both McCurtain County, Oklahoma and Red River County, Texas, United States. History [ edit ]
The "World's Largest Pecan" is a 5-ft-long, two-and-a-half-ft-wide concrete nut erected in 1962; it sits in front of the county courthouse. This county is a large producer of pecans and often claims the nickname "Pecan Capital of Texas". Seguin has been described as "a big pecan orchard with a small town in it". [71]
Mary Mikelyn Bruorton, executive director of the Georgia Pecan Growers Association, believes Hurricane Helene destroyed approximately 70% of trees that were 30 years or older, and about 40% of ...
4,100 acre Shiloh Pecan Farms was one of hundreds that face disastrous loss for years to come. Up to 50,000 acres of pecan orchards in Georgia are compromised from the storm, according to Sen. Jon ...
Under the privilege then accorded to holders and owners of such certificates to file on any untaken state land, Swenson in 1854 began acquiring acreage of unclaimed properties in Northwest Texas. By 1860 he owned over 128,000 acres around Austin, in addition to his West Texas holdings, which had increased to nearly 500,000 acres.
The city has a mayor–council form of government and all city residents are members of the DeCordova Bend Estates Owners Association and the DeCordova Bend Estates Country Club. The Granbury Independent School District serves area students. Students attend Acton Elementary, Acton Middle, and Granbury High school, all outside the city limits.