Welcome to Garretts Bluff ...

Garretts Bluff is located

Garretts Bluff is located in Lamar County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Garretts Bluff: Garretts Blf. (or less commonly used: Garretts Bluf.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Garretts Bluff for more information about variations on the name of Garretts Bluff.

Garretts Bluff is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Garretts Bluff: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Garretts Bluff ...

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

Paris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paris is located in Lamar County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,872 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Paris
- From Garretts Bluff to Paris
Hugo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hugo is located in Choctaw County (OK)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hugo
- From Garretts Bluff to Hugo
Reno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reno is located in Lamar County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
Boswell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boswell is located in Choctaw County (OK)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
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- Google driving directions:
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- From Garretts Bluff to Boswell
Soper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Soper is located in Choctaw County (OK)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soper <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Soper
- From Garretts Bluff to Soper
Toco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Toco is located in Lamar County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Razor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Razor is located in Lamar County
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- Google driving directions:
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- From Garretts Bluff to Razor
Direct
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Direct is located in Lamar County
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- Google driving directions:
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- From Garretts Bluff to Direct
Chicota
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chicota is located in Lamar County
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- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chicota <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Chicota
- From Garretts Bluff to Chicota
Caviness
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Caviness is located in Lamar County
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- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Caviness
- From Garretts Bluff to Caviness

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Garretts Bluff ...

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

Adding Garretts Bluff to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Garretts Bluff.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Lamar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Garretts Bluff - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Garretts Bluff area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Garretts Bluff area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.