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Welcome to Guion ...

Guion is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Guion is located in Taylor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Guion, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Guion is 2,010 feet [613 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Guion: 325

Communities Also Named Guion ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Guion - they are located in Arkansas and Indiana.

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

Communities near Guion ...

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

  • Winters
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuscola
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Buffalo Gap
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
  • Lawn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Novice
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ovalo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Goldsboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wingate
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Potosi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Potosi is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
  • Hylton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Hylton is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Guion ...

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

Adding Guion to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Guion 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 Guion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Guion post office opened in 1884. The Guion post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Guion.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Taylor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Guion - 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/