Welcome to William Penn ...
So far, we found very little information about William Penn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
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William Penn was located William Penn would have been located within present day Washington County<2>. The location of William Penn has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of William Penn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873. While the community is gone, the present day location for William Penn is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where William Penn was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for William Penn. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near William Penn. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around William Penn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for William Penn. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of William Penn. 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 William Penn. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around William Penn. See our Newspapers Page for William Penn. We originally found mention of William Penn 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 William Penn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found William Penn in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for William Penn.
The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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From that list, the William Penn post office opened in 1873.Off-the-Road Links ...
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 William Penn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. <2> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <3> 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. <4> The elevation is an estimate for the area around William Penn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <5> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <6> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/