Welcome to Stringtown ...
So far, we found very little information about Stringtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Stringtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Stringtown - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Stringtown, please Contact Us.
Stringtown was located in Hill Country.
While we don't have the exact location of Stringtown , we believe that it would have been located within present day Hays County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Stringtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.
Time Zone: The area where Stringtown was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Stringtown once stood is in the (512) area code.
Communities Also Named Stringtown ...
While we believe that this Stringtown is located in Hays County, we know of another 5 Texas communities named Stringtown. Those communities are located in the following counties: Bell, Hunt, Newton, Rusk and Sabine County.
Beyond Texas, there are 80 communities that are also named Stringtown - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana (6), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (12), Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (6), Montana (2), Ohio (14), Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (6), Virginia (3), Washington (2) and West Virginia (6).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stringtown.
Adding Stringtown to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Stringtown 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 Stringtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Stringtown post office opened in 1872.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Stringtown.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hays County: www.co.hays.tx.us/
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 Stringtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hays, 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/ |