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Welcome to Bautista ...

Bautista is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Bautista is located in Moore County<1>.

Bautista is 3,710 feet [1,131 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bautista is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Bautista and travel west, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Bautista: 806

Communities near Bautista ...

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

  • Dumas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Channing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Masterson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Masterson is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
  • Boys' Ranch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Boys' Ranch is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys' Ranch
  • Tascosa ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
  • Cactus
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Hartley
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunray
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Fritch
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Fritch is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,928 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fritch <3>
  • Sanford
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bautista ...

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

Adding Bautista to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bautista 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 Bautista was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bautista.

Footnotes ...

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