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Welcome to Coy City ...

Coy City is located on the South Texas Plains.

Coy City is located in Karnes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coy City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1930.

Coy City is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Coy City ...

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

  • Karnes City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Kenedy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Poth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Poth is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,332 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poth <3>
  • Falls City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fashing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fashing is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fashing
  • Hobson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Peggy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Panna Maria
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
  • Pawnee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Three Oaks ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Three Oaks is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coy City ...

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

Adding Coy City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Coy City post office opened in 1930. The Coy City post office closed in 1979.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coy City.

Footnotes ...

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