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Welcome to Friendship ...

Friendship is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Friendship is located in Dawson County<1>.

Friendship is 2,930 feet [893 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Friendship is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Friendship: 806

Communities Also Named Friendship ...

While we believe that this Friendship is located in Dawson County, we know of another 10 Texas communities named Friendship. Those communities are located in the following counties: Delta, Harrison, Jasper, Lamb, Leon, Smith, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt and Williamson County.

Beyond Texas, there are 72 communities that are also named Friendship - they are located in Alabama (7), Arkansas (4), Florida, Georgia (6), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (4), Mississippi (5), Missouri, New Jersey (3), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (6), Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (5), Tennessee (7), Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Friendship ...

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

  • Lamesa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lamesa is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamesa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,131 people
    • Lamesa has also been known as:
    • La Mesa
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamesa <3>
  • Ackerly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Los Ybanez
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Los Ybanez is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ybanez
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
  • Sparenberg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Sparenberg is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparenberg
  • White City ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • White City is located in Gaines County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • Welch
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Tarzan
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Lenorah
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • O'Donnell
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • O'Donnell is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Donnell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
  • Knott
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Friendship ...

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

Footnotes ...

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