Welcome to Glass ...
Glass is located Glass is located in Somervell County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Glass, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904. Glass is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Glass lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Glass: 254 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Glass: This one is located in Somervell County and the other is located in Bastrop County. Beyond Texas, there are 11 communities that are also named Glass - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Manitoba, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Glass. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Glass. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Glass. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Glass. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Glass. 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 Glass. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Glass. See our Newspapers Page for Glass. Looking for more information about Glass? 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 Glass, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Glass. We originally found mention of Glass 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 Glass was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Glass.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glass. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Somervell County: www.glenrose.org/glenrose/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/Communities Also Named Glass ...
Communities near Glass ...
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Glass ...
Adding Glass to Our Gazetteer ...
X2X - From that list, the Glass post office opened in 1904.
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Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Somervell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Glass - 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> 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. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/