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Welcome to Geneview ...

Geneview is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Geneview is located in Stonewall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Geneview, you might consider that their post office opened in 1923.

Geneview is 1,740 feet [530 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Geneview ...

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

  • Aspermont
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Rule
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rule is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 611 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rule <3>
  • Rochester
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jud ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jud is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jud
  • Old Glory
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Double Mountain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Double Mountain is located in Stonewall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Mountain
  • Flat Top
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Flat Top is located in Stonewall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
  • Jayton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • O'Brien
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Sagerton
    (21 miles [33.8 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 Geneview. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Geneview.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Geneview ...

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

Adding Geneview to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Geneview in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Geneview was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Geneview post office opened in 1923. The Geneview post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Geneview.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Stonewall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Geneview - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/