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Welcome to Drop ...

Drop is located

Drop is located in Denton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Drop, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Drop is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Drop ...

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

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

Communities near Drop ...

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

  • Denton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Flower Mound
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Keller
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Southlake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Saginaw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Watauga
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Corinth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Highland Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Azle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Azle is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,607 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Azle <3>
  • Trophy Club
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drop ...

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

Adding Drop to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Drop post office opened in 1886. The Drop post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Drop.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Denton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drop - 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/