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Welcome to Eskota ...

Eskota is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Eskota is primarily located in Fisher County<1>. A portion of Eskota extends into Nolan County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Eskota, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Eskota is 1,910 feet [582 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Eskota: 325

Communities Also Named Eskota ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Eskota - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Eskota ...

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

  • Sweetwater
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Merkel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Roscoe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Roby
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Trent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Avenger Village
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Avenger Village is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenger Village
  • Sylvester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Capitola
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Capitola is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
  • Claytonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Claytonville is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville
  • McCaulley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • McCaulley is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaulley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Eskota ...

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

Adding Eskota to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Eskota post office opened in 1888. The Eskota post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Eskota.

Footnotes ...

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