Welcome to Manila ...

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

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Manila, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

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

Communities Also Named Manila ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Manila - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Adding Manila to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Manila 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 Manila was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Manila in the book titled .<3> From that list, the Manila post office opened in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Manila.

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 Manila, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/