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Welcome to Alderbranch ...

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

Alderbranch is located in Anderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alderbranch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Alderbranch is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Alderbranch: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Alderbranch ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alderbranch ...

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

Adding Alderbranch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alderbranch 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 Alderbranch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Alderbranch post office opened in 1876. The Alderbranch post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alderbranch.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Anderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alderbranch - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Alderbranch area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Alderbranch area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/