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Welcome to Ginger ...

Ginger is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Ginger is located in Rains County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ginger, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1909.

Ginger is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ginger: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Ginger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ginger - it's located in Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ginger.

Communities near Ginger ...

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

  • Mineola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Wills Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand Saline
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • West Tawakoni
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Tawakoni have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
    • West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
  • Quitman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Edgewood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Emory
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • East Tawakoni
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Tawakoni have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
    • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
  • Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lone Oak
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
    • Lone Oak is located in Hunt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Oak <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ginger ...

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

Adding Ginger to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ginger 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 Ginger was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Ginger post office opened in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ginger.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ginger. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Rains, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ginger - 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 Ginger area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Ginger 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.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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