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Black plaque № 27504

Orange, TX, United States

Black Education in Orange County As early as the 1870s, Orange County's African American children attended school in private homes and churches. The Orange County commissioners established 17 school districts in 1887. Schools included the Duncan Woods No. 3, located in the Duncan Woods community of

southwestern Orange County. The school had probably been in operation for several years at that time. Thomas F. Pollard served as an early teacher there. Students within the city of Orange attended sc

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