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Welcome to Alco ...

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

Alco is located in Angelina County<1>.

Alco is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Alco: 432

Communities Also Named Alco ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Alco - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alco.

Communities near Alco ...

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

  • Lufkin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lufkin is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,955 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lufkin <3>
  • Nacogdoches
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Hudson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hudson is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
  • Diboll
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Huntington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Burke
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Burke is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
  • Zavalla
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Chireno
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Broaddus
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Ewing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ewing is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alco ...

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

Adding Alco to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alco 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 (so far) for Alco was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alco.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Angelina, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alco - 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.