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Welcome to Barton ...

Barton is located

Barton is located in Robertson County<1>.

Barton is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Barton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Barton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Idaho, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Barton ...

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

  • Cameron
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Hearne
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hearne is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hearne <3>
  • Franklin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosebud
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvert
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bremond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Milano
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Crossroads is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Jones Prairie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
  • Elliot
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Elliot is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barton ...

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

Adding Barton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Barton was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barton.

Footnotes ...

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