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Welcome to Drasco ...

Drasco is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Drasco is located in Runnels County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Drasco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Drasco is 2,010 feet [613 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Drasco: 325

Communities Also Named Drasco ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Drasco - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Drasco ...

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

  • Winters
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Tuscola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Buffalo Gap
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
  • Lawn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Blackwell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Wingate
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Guion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Guion is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
  • Ovalo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hylton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hylton is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
  • Norton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drasco ...

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

Adding Drasco to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Drasco 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 Drasco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Drasco post office opened in 1904. The Drasco post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Drasco.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Runnels, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drasco - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/