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Welcome to Camilla ...

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

Camilla is located in San Jacinto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Camilla, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Camilla is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Camilla: 936

Communities Also Named Camilla ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Camilla - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Ontario and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Camilla ...

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

  • Cleveland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Livingston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Onalaska
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Shepherd
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Coldspring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Point Blank
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Goodrich
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • North Cleveland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • North Cleveland is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cleveland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
  • Oakhurst
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Swartout ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Swartout is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartout

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Camilla ...

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

Adding Camilla to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Camilla post office opened in 1895. The Camilla post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Camilla.

Footnotes ...

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