Orange County is a county located in the very southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Texas, sharing a boundary with Louisiana, within the Golden Triangle of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 84,808. The county seat is the city of Orange, and it falls within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area. History Orange County was formed in 1852 from portions of Jefferson County. It was named after the orange fruit, the common citrus fruit grown by the early settlers of this county near the mouth of the Sabine River. Due to periodic spells of quite cold winter weather (frosts) in Orange County, it is no longer the home of orange trees and citrus orchards. The production of those fruits in Texas long ago was moved a long way southwest into the Rio Grande Valley, where the weather is almost always warm all winter long. Citrus trees produce their fruit in the wintertime, which makes them especially vulnerable to frost and icy weather. A similar thing has happened in Florida, where orchards of citrus trees no longer exist
Orange County es un condado ubicado en el extremo sureste del estado estadounidense de Texas, compartiendo una frontera con Louisiana, dentro del Triángulo Dorado de Texas. A partir del censo de 2020, su población era de 84,808. La sede del condado es la ciudad de Orange, y cae dentro del área metropolitana de Beaumont–Port Arthur. Historia Orange County se formó en 1852 a partir de porciones del condado de Jefferson. Se llamó después de la fruta naranja, la fruta cítrica común cultivada por los primeros colonos de este condado cerca de la boca del río Sabine. Debido a los hechizos periódicos de clima invernal bastante frío (frosts) en el condado de Orange, ya no es el hogar de árboles de naranja y orquídeas. La producción de esos frutos en Texas hace mucho tiempo se trasladó a un camino al suroeste al valle de Rio Grande, donde el clima es casi siempre cálido durante todo el invierno.