29°29′55.2″N 97°35′05.5″W / 29.498667°N 97.584861°W
Oak Forest was a settlement in Gonzales County, Texas, United States, five miles west of Gonzales. Oak Forest was situated along modern U.S. Highway 90 Alternate and CR 143, adjacent to the Guadalupe River and due south of the modern Palmetto State Park. Formerly the location of a mill and later re-purposed as a power dam, it failed in 1935 during a flood and was later rebuilt.[1] There is still an operating hydroelectric dam and a small reservoir called MA Wade Dam near the site.[2][3] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population 25 in 2000.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Oak Forest Power Dam gives way in Flood". The Gonzales Inquirer. September 12, 1935.
- ^ Oak Forest Hydro, LLC
- ^ Baumgartner, Dorcas H. (1992), History of the Alsey Silvanus Miller Homestead and Surrounding Area, 1700/1992, Gonzales County Historical Commission, pp. 60–61
- ^ "Oak Forest, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Gonzales County Historical Commission
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Forest, Texas
- Oak Forest, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
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