Welcome to Courtland ...

So far, we found very little information about Courtland. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Courtland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Courtland - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Courtland, please Contact Us.

Courtland was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

While we don't have the exact location of Courtland , we believe that it would have been located within present day Cass County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Courtland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

Time Zone: The area where Courtland was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Courtland once stood is in the (903) and (430)<3> area codes.

Communities Also Named Courtland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Courtland - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ontario, Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Courtland.

Adding Courtland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Courtland 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 Courtland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Courtland post office opened in 1856.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Courtland.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Courtland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cass, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	Area code (430) is an overlay for area code (903).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/