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Welcome to Clauene ...

Clauene is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Clauene is located in Hockley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clauene, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

Clauene is 3,480 feet [1,061 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Clauene is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Clauene (for example, toward Tatum (NM)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Clauene: 806

Communities near Clauene ...

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

  • Levelland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sundown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Meadow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Smyer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Whiteface
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ropesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Opdyke West
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Opdyke West is located in Hockley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke West
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
  • Lockettville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockettville is located in Hockley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
  • Whitharral
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Brownfield
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clauene ...

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

Adding Clauene to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clauene 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 Clauene was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clauene post office opened in 1922. The Clauene post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clauene.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hockley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clauene - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/