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Welcome to Carmona ...

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

Carmona is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carmona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Carmona is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Carmona: 936

Communities Also Named Carmona ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Carmona - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Carmona ...

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

  • Livingston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Diboll
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Onalaska
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Corrigan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Groveton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Seven Oaks
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
  • Woodlake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodlake is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
  • Sumpter ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sumpter is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
  • Moscow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Skinner Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Skinner Town is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Town

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carmona ...

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

Adding Carmona to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carmona 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 Carmona was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carmona.

Footnotes ...

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