Welcome to Duffau ...
Duffau is located Duffau is located in Erath County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Duffau, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860. Duffau is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Duffau lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Duffau lies within the (254) area code. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Duffau. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Duffau. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Duffau. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Duffau. 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 Duffau. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Duffau. See our Newspapers Page for Duffau. Looking for more information about Duffau? 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 Duffau, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Duffau. We originally found mention of Duffau 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 Duffau was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Duffau in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Duffau.
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Communities near Duffau ...
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Duffau ...
Adding Duffau to Our Gazetteer ...
From that list, the Duffau post office opened in 1860.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Erath, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Duffau - 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> 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> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/