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Welcome to Cut ...

Cut is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Cut is located in Houston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cut, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Cut is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cut: 936

Communities near Cut ...

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

  • Crockett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Grapeland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Lovelady
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Kennard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Latexo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Cooper
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cooper is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Antioch ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Antioch is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Porter Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
  • Austonio
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Austonio is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austonio
  • Holly
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cut ...

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

Adding Cut to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cut 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 Cut was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cut.

Footnotes ...

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