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Welcome to Coalville ...

Coalville is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Coalville is located in Palo Pinto County<1>.

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

Coalville is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Coalville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Coalville - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina and Utah.

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

Communities near Coalville ...

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

  • Strawn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lipan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Mingus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Thurber
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Santo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Brazos
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brazos is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
  • Hannibal
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hannibal is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
  • Palo Pinto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Morgan Mill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • La Casa ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • La Casa is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Casa

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coalville ...

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

Adding Coalville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Coalville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Coalville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Coalville post office opened in 1885. The Coalville post office closed in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coalville.

Footnotes ...

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