Welcome to Friona ...The city of Friona is located in the Texas Panhandle. Friona is located in Parmer County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Friona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Friona has a population of 3,791 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Friona is 4,020 feet [1,225 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Friona is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Friona lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Friona (for example, toward Melrose (NM)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Area Code for Friona: 806 The ZIP code for Friona: 79035<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Friona had an population of 3,791 people. This is a decrease of 8.05% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 1.63% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Friona had a population of 4,123 people (or 40.17% of the total population of Parmer County). This makes Friona the county's most populous community. The population of Friona represents 0.02% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 377th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 4,123 people, the population of Friona increased 6.98% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 3,854 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Friona. Communities near Friona ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Friona.
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 Friona. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Friona. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Friona. 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 Friona. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Friona. See our Newspapers Page for Friona. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Friona ...Looking for more information about Friona? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Friona, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Friona. Adding Friona to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Friona 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 Friona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Friona. Footnotes ...
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