Welcome to Frio Town ...

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

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

Frio Town was located on the South Texas Plains.

Frio Town would have been located within present day Frio County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Frio Town, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Frio Town is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Frio Town was located: 830

Communities near Frio Town ...

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

• Pearsall
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsall
  • Pearsall is located in Frio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,620 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearsall <5>
• Yancey
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yancey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey
  • Yancey is located in Medina County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yancey <5>
• North Pearsall
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pearsall
  • North Pearsall is located in Frio County
• West Pearsall
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pearsall
  • West Pearsall is located in Frio County
• Divot ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divot
  • Divot is located in Frio County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Divot
  • From Frio Town to Divot
• Moore
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
  • Moore is located in Frio County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moore <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Moore
  • From Frio Town to Moore
• Batesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
  • Batesville is located in Zavala County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesville <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Batesville
  • From Frio Town to Batesville
• Derby
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Derby is located in Frio County
  • Derby has also been known as:
  • Derby Colonia
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Derby
  • From Frio Town to Derby
• D'Hanis
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Hanis
  • D'Hanis is located in Medina County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for D'Hanis <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to D'Hanis
  • From Frio Town to D'Hanis
• Hilltop
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Hilltop is located in Frio County
  • Hilltop has also been known as:
  • Hilltop Colonia

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

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

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

Adding Frio Town to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Frio Town 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 Frio Town was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frio Town.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/