Welcome to Ables ...

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

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

Ables was located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ables, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Time Zone: The area where Ables was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Ables was located: 915

Adding Ables to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ables 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 Ables was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Ables post office opened in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ables.

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 Ables, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hudspeth, 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/