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Welcome to Carl ...

Carl is located in Hill Country.

Carl is located in Travis County<1>.

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

Carl is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Carl: 512 & 737<3>

Communities Also Named Carl ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Carl: This one is located in Travis County and the other is located in Navarro County.

Beyond Texas, there are 11 communities that are also named Carl - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Carl ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carl ...

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

Adding Carl to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carl 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 Carl was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Carl post office opened in 1887. The Carl post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carl.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Travis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carl - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 512 code has been Overlayed with the 737 area code. New phone numbers in the Carl area will be assigned with one of these codes: 512 or 737. As a result, placing a call in the Carl area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/