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Welcome to Addielou ...

Addielou is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Addielou is located in Red River County<1>.

The pronunciation of Addielou: AD-uh-loo<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Addielou, you might consider that their post office opened in 1916.

Addielou is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Addielou: 903 & 430<4>

Communities near Addielou ...

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

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 Addielou. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Addielou.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Addielou ...

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

Adding Addielou to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Addielou 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 Addielou was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Addielou post office opened in 1916. The Addielou post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Addielou.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Red River, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Addielou. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Addielou - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Addielou area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Addielou area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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