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Welcome to Friendship ...

So far, we found very little information about Friendship. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Friendship to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Friendship, please Contact Us.

Friendship was located in Hill Country.

Friendship would have been located within present day Williamson County<2>.

We don't have a date for the establishment of Friendship. The community was inundated by Lake Granger.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Friendship is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Friendship was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Friendship ...

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

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.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Friendship, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Williamson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Friendship - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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.
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