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Welcome to Easter ...

Easter is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Easter is located in Castro County<1>.

Easter is 3,870 feet [1,180 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Easter is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Easter (for example, toward Grady (NM)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Easter: 806

Communities near Easter ...

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

  • Hereford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Dimmitt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Friona
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Nazareth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Summerfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Dawn
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lazbuddie
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hart
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hart is located in Castro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <3>
  • La Plata ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • La Plata is located in Deaf Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
  • Umbarger
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Easter ...

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

Footnotes ...

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