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Welcome to Cometa ...

Cometa is located on the South Texas Plains.

Cometa is located in Zavala County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cometa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Cometa is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cometa: 830

Communities Also Named Cometa ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cometa - it's located in California.

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

Communities near Cometa ...

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

  • Crystal City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Carrizo Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Chula Vista - River Spur
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Las Colonias
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Las Colonias is located in Zavala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Colonias
  • Carrizo Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Carrizo Hill is located in Dimmit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo Hill
  • El Indio
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Asherton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • La Pryor
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brundage
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Brundage is located in Dimmit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brundage
  • Rosita North
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Rosita North is located in Maverick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosita North

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cometa ...

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

Adding Cometa to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cometa post office opened in 1905. The Cometa post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cometa.

Footnotes ...

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