Welcome to Flanders ...
So far, we found very little information about Flanders. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Flanders to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Flanders - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Flanders, please Contact Us.
Flanders was located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).
While we don't have the exact location of Flanders , we believe that it would have been located within present day Val Verde County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Flanders, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
Time Zone: The area where Flanders was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Flanders ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Flanders - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut (3), Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ontario and Quebec.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flanders.
Adding Flanders to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Flanders 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 Flanders was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Flanders.
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 Flanders, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Val Verde, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |