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Welcome to Electric City ...

Electric City is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Electric City is located in Hutchinson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Electric City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1927.

Electric City is 2,790 feet [850 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Electric City is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Electric City: 806

Communities Also Named Electric City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Electric City - they are located in Ohio and Washington.

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

Communities near Electric City ...

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

  • Borger
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Borger is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,225 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Borger <3>
  • Fritch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fritch is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,928 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fritch <3>
  • Stinnett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Skellytown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sanford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Oil City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oil City is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
  • Pringle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Pringle is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
  • White Deer
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Morse
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Panhandle
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Electric City ...

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

Adding Electric City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Electric City post office opened in 1927. The Electric City post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Electric City.

Footnotes ...

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