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Welcome to Cayote ...

Cayote is located

Cayote is located in Bosque County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cayote, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Cayote is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cayote: 254

Communities Also Named Cayote ...

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

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

Communities near Cayote ...

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

  • Clifton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Whitney
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Meridian
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Valley Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Gholson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Gholson is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
  • Crawford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Morgan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Aquilla
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Womack
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Womack is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
  • Greenock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenock is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cayote ...

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

Adding Cayote to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cayote.

Footnotes ...

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