Welcome to Farrsville ...

Farrsville is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Farrsville is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Farrsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Farrsville is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Farrsville: 409

Communities near Farrsville ...

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

• Jasper
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jasper is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,597 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <3>
• Newton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Newton is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,329 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <3>
• Browndell
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Browndell is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
• Shanklerville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Shanklerville is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklerville
• Wiergate
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wiergate is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiergate
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wiergate <3>
• Burkeville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Burkeville is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkeville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burkeville <3>
• Sam Rayburn
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Sam Rayburn is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Rayburn
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sam Rayburn <3>
• Fairmount
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
• Brookeland
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookeland is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookeland
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookeland <3>
• South Toledo Bend
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • South Toledo Bend is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Toledo Bend

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Farrsville ...

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

Adding Farrsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Farrsville 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 Farrsville was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Farrsville.