Welcome to College Mound ...
College Mound is located College Mound is located in Kaufman County<1>. The location of College Mound has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of College Mound, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850. College Mound is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: College Mound lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named College Mound - it's located in Missouri. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for College Mound. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near College Mound. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around College Mound. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for College Mound. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of College Mound. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around College Mound. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around College Mound. See our Newspapers Page for College Mound. Looking for more information about College Mound? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to College Mound, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for College Mound. We originally found mention of College Mound in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for College Mound was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found College Mound in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
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Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for College Mound. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Kaufman County: www.kaufmancounty.net/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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From that list, the College Mound post office opened in 1850.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Kaufman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <3> The elevation is an estimate for the area around College Mound - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/