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Welcome to Clemons ...

Clemons is located

Clemons is located in Waller County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clemons, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Clemons is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Clemons ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Clemons - they are located in Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, New York and Ohio.

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

Communities near Clemons ...

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

  • Katy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Katy is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <3>
  • Fulshear
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hempstead
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Prairie View
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sealy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Brookshire
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Weston Lakes
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Weston Lakes is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Lakes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,191 people
  • Waller
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wallis
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Clemons. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clemons.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clemons ...

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

Adding Clemons to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Clemons post office opened in 1885. The Clemons post office closed in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clemons.

Footnotes ...

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