Welcome to Chinati ...So far, we found very little information about Chinati. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Chinati to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chinati, please Contact Us. Chinati was located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). Chinati would have been located within present day Presidio County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Chinati, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924. While the community is gone, the present day location for Chinati is 2,690 feet [820 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Chinati is ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Chinati was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Chinati was located: 432 Communities near Chinati ...We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Chinati.
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 Chinati. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chinati. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chinati. 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 Chinati. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chinati. See our Newspapers Page for Chinati. Adding Chinati to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Chinati 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 Chinati was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Chinati. Footnotes ...
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