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Welcome to Caro ...

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

Caro is located in Nacogdoches County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Caro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Caro is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Caro: 936

Communities Also Named Caro ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Caro - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Michigan and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Caro ...

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

  • Nacogdoches
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Garrison
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Cushing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Appleby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
  • Mount Enterprise
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Reklaw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Redfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
  • Nat
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
  • Looneyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
  • Fitze
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Caro ...

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

Adding Caro to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Caro.

Footnotes ...

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