Welcome to Alexander ...
Alexander is located Alexander is located in Erath County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Alexander, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. Alexander is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Alexander lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Alexander: (254) Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Alexander - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas (2), Colorado, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Maine, Manitoba, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), South Carolina and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alexander. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alexander. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alexander. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alexander. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alexander. 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 Alexander. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alexander. See our Newspapers Page for Alexander. Looking for more information about Alexander? 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 Alexander, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alexander. We originally found mention of Alexander 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 for Alexander was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Alexander in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
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From that list, the Alexander post office opened in 1881.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Erath, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alexander - 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> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/