Welcome to Hail ...
Hail is located Hail is located in Fannin County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hail, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Hail is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Hail lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Hail: (903) and (430)<3> Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hail - it's located in Kentucky. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hail. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hail. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hail. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hail. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hail. 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 Hail. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hail. See our Newspapers Page for Hail. Looking for more information about Hail? 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 Hail, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hail. We originally found mention of Hail in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hail was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Hail in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Hail post office opened in 1894.
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Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Fannin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hail - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <3> Area code (430) is an overlay for area code (903). <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> 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. <6> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/