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Welcome to Arbor ...

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

Arbor is located in Houston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arbor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Arbor is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Arbor: 936

Communities Also Named Arbor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Arbor: This one is located in Houston County and the other is located in Panola County.

Beyond Texas, there are 8 communities that are also named Arbor - they are located in California, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Arbor ...

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

  • Crockett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Grapeland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Groveton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Lovelady
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kennard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Latexo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hickory Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
  • Pennington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Harrison Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrison Town is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
  • Belott
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Belott is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arbor ...

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

Adding Arbor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arbor.

Footnotes ...

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