Welcome to Edgar ...
Edgar is located Edgar is located in DeWitt County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Edgar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. Edgar is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Edgar lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Edgar lies within the (361) area code. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Edgar - they are located in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Edgar. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Edgar. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Edgar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Edgar. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Edgar. 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 Edgar. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Edgar. See our Newspapers Page for Edgar. Looking for more information about Edgar? 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 Edgar, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Edgar. We originally found mention of Edgar 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 Edgar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Edgar in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgar.
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Communities Also Named Edgar ...
Communities near Edgar ...
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TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Edgar ...
Adding Edgar to Our Gazetteer ...
From that list, the Edgar post office opened in 1888.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including DeWitt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Edgar - 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/