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Welcome to Exum ...

Exum is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Exum is located in Hartley County<1>.

Exum is 3,810 feet [1,161 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Exum is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Exum and travel west, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Exum: 806

Communities Also Named Exum ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Exum - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Exum ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Exum.

  • Dumas
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dalhart
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Cactus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cactus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
    • Cactus is located in Moore County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cactus <3>
  • Hartley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunray
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunray have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray
    • Sunray is located in Moore County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunray <3>
  • Stratford
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Channing
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Masterson
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
    • Masterson is located in Moore County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Exum. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Exum.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Exum ...

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

Adding Exum to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Exum 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 Exum was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Exum.

Footnotes ...

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