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Welcome to Bath ...

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

Bath is located in Walker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bath, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

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

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

Area Code for Bath: 936

Communities Also Named Bath ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Bath - they are located in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Bath ...

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

  • Huntsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Willis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Willis is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,122 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willis <3>
  • Panorama Village
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Panorama Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,446 people
  • Montgomery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • New Waverly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Goshen ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Goshen is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
  • Barado
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Barado is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barado
  • Elmina
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Elmina is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmina
  • Danville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Danville is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Wesley Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wesley Grove is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Grove

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bath ...

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

Adding Bath to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bath 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 Bath was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bath post office opened in 1887. The Bath post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bath.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Walker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bath - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/