Welcome to Dolores ...

So far, we found very little information about Dolores. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dolores to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Dolores - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Dolores, please Contact Us.

Dolores was located on the South Texas Plains.

While we don't have the exact location of Dolores , we believe that it would have been located within present day Webb County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dolores, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Time Zone: The area where Dolores was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Dolores ...

While we believe that this Dolores is located in Webb County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Dolores. Those communities are located in the following counties: Kinney and Zapata County.

Beyond Texas, there are 6 communities that are also named Dolores - they are located in California, Colorado and New Mexico (2).

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

Adding Dolores to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dolores 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 for Dolores was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Dolores post office opened in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dolores.

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 Dolores, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Webb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/