Editing Orange County, Texas (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|380|sqmi|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|334|sqmi|abbr=on}} are land and {{convert|46|sqmi|abbr=on}} (12%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 5, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

Orange County is bordered on its east by the Sabine River, on its southeast by Sabine Lake, and on the northwest by the [[Neches River]].

The geography of Orange County varies relatively little, with an elevation that reaches {{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on}} above [[sea level]] at very few points within the county. Orange County is very flat, and its soil is quite sandy, as could be expected in a county along the Gulf of Mexico. (Sandy soil is also common in southern Louisiana, [[Mississippi]], and [[Alabama]], and in western and southern [[Florida]].) Saltwater marshes occur in much of the southeastern part of Orange County that borders the Sabine River. The  [[Piney Woods]] are in the northern part of the county.

===Adjacent counties and parishes===
* [[Jasper County, Texas|Jasper County]] (north)
* [[Newton County, Texas|Newton County]] (north)
* [[Hardin County, Texas|Hardin County]] (northwest)
* [[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson County]] (west)
* [[Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana]] (east)
* [[Cameron Parish, Louisiana]] (southeast)

===National protected area===
* [[Big Thicket National Preserve]] (part)