Welcome to Divot ...
So far, we found very little information about Divot. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Divot to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Divot, please Contact Us.
Divot was located on the South Texas Plains.
Divot would have been located within present day Frio County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Divot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Divot is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Divot was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Divot was located: 830
Going back to its beginning, Divot was originally named Pivot. For more information about the names of Divot, see The Names of Divot on our Genealogy Page.
Communities near Divot ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Divot.
- Pearsall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsall
- Pearsall is located in Frio County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearsall <5>
- Dilley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilley
- Dilley is located in Frio County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,527 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilley <5>
- Hilltop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Derby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby is located in Frio County
- Derby has also been known as:
- Derby Colonia
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Derby
- From Divot to Derby
- West Pearsall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pearsall
- West Pearsall is located in Frio County
- Millett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
- Millett is located in La Salle County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Millett
- From Divot to Millett
- North Pearsall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pearsall
- North Pearsall is located in Frio County
- Woodward ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Woodward is located in La Salle County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Woodward
- From Divot to Woodward
- Frio Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Frio Town. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio Town
- Frio Town is located in Frio County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Frio Town
- From Divot to Frio Town
- Cotulla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotulla have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotulla
- Cotulla is located in La Salle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,133 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotulla <5>
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 Divot. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Divot.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Divot. 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 Divot.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Divot. See our Newspapers Page for Divot.
Adding Divot to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Divot 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 for Divot was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Divot post office opened in 1912.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Divot.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Divot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Frio, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Divot - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |