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Welcome to Ashland ...

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

Ashland is located in Upshur County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Ashland is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ashland: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Ashland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 56 communities that are also named Ashland - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky, Louisiana (4), Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi (4), Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Ashland ...

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

  • Longview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Gladewater
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • White Oak
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilmer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hallsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Star
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Ore City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lakeport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Clarksville City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarksville City is located in Gregg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
  • East Mountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Mountain is located in Gregg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mountain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ashland ...

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

Adding Ashland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Upshur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ashland - 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 Ashland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Ashland 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.