Welcome to Direct ...Direct is located Direct is located in Lamar County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Direct, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. Direct is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Direct lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Direct: 903 & 430<3> We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Direct. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Direct. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Direct. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Direct. 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 Direct. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Direct. See our Newspapers Page for Direct. Looking for more information about Direct? 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 Direct, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Direct. We originally found mention of Direct 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 Direct was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Direct.
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