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Welcome to Cereal ...

Cereal is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Cereal is located in Floyd County<1>.

Cereal is 3,310 feet [1,009 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cereal is about ¾ mile [or 1 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Cereal: 806

Communities Also Named Cereal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Cereal - they are located in Alberta, Illinois, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Cereal ...

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

  • Plainview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Floydada
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Lockney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kress
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Aiken
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sterley ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Sterley is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterley
  • Seth Ward
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Seth Ward is located in Hale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seth Ward
  • Claytonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Claytonville is located in Swisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville
  • South Plains
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Della Plain ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Della Plain is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Della Plain

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cereal ...

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

Adding Cereal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cereal 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 Cereal was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cereal.

Footnotes ...

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