Welcome to Austonio ...

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

Austonio is located in Houston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Austonio, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1932.

Austonio is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Austonio: 936

Communities near Austonio ...

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

• Crockett
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crockett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
  • Crockett is located in Houston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crockett <4>
• Lovelady
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovelady have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelady
  • Lovelady is located in Houston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovelady <4>
• Latexo
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latexo
  • Latexo is located in Houston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Latexo <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Latexo
  • From Austonio to Latexo
• Midway
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Midway is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midway <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Midway
  • From Austonio to Midway
• Cooper
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Cooper is located in Houston County
• Porter Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
  • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Porter Springs
  • From Austonio to Porter Springs
• Centerview
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
  • Centerview is located in Leon County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Centerview
  • From Austonio to Centerview
• Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Bluff Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
  • Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
• Middleton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
  • Middleton is located in Leon County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Middleton
  • From Austonio to Middleton
• Kittrell
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
  • Kittrell is located in Walker County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kittrell
  • From Austonio to Kittrell

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Austonio ...

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

Adding Austonio to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Austonio 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 Austonio was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Austonio post office opened in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Austonio.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Austonio. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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