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Welcome to Balmorhea ...The city of Balmorhea is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). Balmorhea is located in Reeves County<1>. The location of Balmorhea has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Balmorhea: bal-muh-RAY<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Balmorhea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Balmorhea has a population of 584 people<4> (see below for details). The community of Balmorhea is 3,190 feet [972 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the altitude of Balmorhea is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Balmorhea lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Balmorhea: (432) The ZIP code for Balmorhea: 79718<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Balmorhea had an population of 584 people. This is an increase of 21.92% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 10.82% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Balmorhea had a population of 479 people. This makes Balmorhea the county's 2nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 479 people, the population of Balmorhea decreased 9.11% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 527 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Balmorhea. Communities near Balmorhea ...We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Balmorhea.
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 Balmorhea. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Balmorhea. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Balmorhea. 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 Balmorhea. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Balmorhea. See our Newspapers Page for Balmorhea. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Balmorhea ...Looking for more information about Balmorhea? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Balmorhea, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Balmorhea. Adding Balmorhea to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Balmorhea 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 Balmorhea was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Balmorhea on a map titled Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Balmorhea. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Balmorhea. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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