In Jim Wells County, Orange Grove is located northwest of Corpus Christi on Farm road 624 and Hwy 359. Lake Corpus Christi is nearby.
During the 1940s the Orange Grove Rifle Club Hall became the social center for the community, with the Annual May Feast and the Annual Harvest Feast held there. The predominant language in Orange Grove continued to be German.
In 1939 the population was estimated at 750, and by the early 1940s had increased to 906. By the early 1960s it had risen to about 1,100, then dropped to 1,000 by the mid-1970s. By the early 1990s Orange Grove had an estimated population of 1,175.