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Welcome to Tag ...

Tag is located in Pope County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tag, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Tag is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Tag lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Tag ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tag.

  • Russellville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Pottsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Pottsville is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
    • Former names for Pottsville:
    • Pott's Inn
    • Pott's Station
  • Dover
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • London
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hector
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Scottsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Scottsville is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
  • Caglesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Caglesville is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caglesville
  • Silex
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Silex is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
  • Appleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Appleton is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
  • Moreland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Moreland is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tag. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tag.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tag. 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 Tag.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tag. See our Newspapers Page for Tag.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tag ...

Looking for more information about Tag? 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 Tag, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tag.

Adding Tag to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tag 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 (so far) for Tag was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Tag post office opened in 1901. The Tag post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tag.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Pope, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tag - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/