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Welcome to Hannibal ...

Hannibal is located

Hannibal is located in Erath County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hannibal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Hannibal is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hannibal: 254

Communities Also Named Hannibal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Hannibal - they are located in Missouri, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Hannibal ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hannibal ...

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

Adding Hannibal to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hannibal post office opened in 1890. The Hannibal post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hannibal.

Footnotes ...

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