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Welcome to Dauphin ...

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

Dauphin is located in Henderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dauphin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

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

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

Area Codes for Dauphin: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Dauphin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Dauphin - they are located in Manitoba and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Dauphin ...

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

  • Athens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Athens is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,770 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <4>
  • Gun Barrel City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mabank
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Tool
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Tool is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tool
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,335 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tool <4>
  • Malakoff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Seven Points
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Kerens
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Brownsboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Eustace
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Trinidad
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dauphin ...

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

Adding Dauphin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dauphin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Henderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dauphin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Dauphin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Dauphin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.