Oenaville, Texas

31°07′40″N 97°13′42″W / 31.12778°N 97.22833°W / 31.12778; -97.22833CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyBellElevation568 ft (173 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code254GNIS feature ID1364346^[1]

Oenaville is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 120 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.

History

Oenaville began when C.D. Johnson opened a store on Big Elm Creek in the late 1860s. A post office was established at Oenaville in 1872. Johnson named the community Oenaville, most likely after Oena Griffin. The community had 150 residents served by three churches, two mills and gins, two saloons, and a cooperative association in 1884. Cotton was the most common crop shipped in the community. The population grew to 200 in 1890 and remained there through the 1940s. It returned to 150 residents, with five businesses and two churches in 1949. All the businesses closed, and Oenaville reported a population of 120 from 1990 through 2000.^[2]

Geography

Oenaville is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 438 and 3369, 6 mi (9.7 km) northeast of Temple in northeastern Bell County.^[2]

Education

Oenaville had its own school in 1884 and 1949.^[2] Today, the community is served by the Troy Independent School District.

Notable person

• Myron L. Williams, dean of Grubbs Vocational College at the University of Texas at Arlington and a native of Oenaville.^[3]

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