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Welcome to Hartburg ...

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

Hartburg is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hartburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Hartburg is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Hartburg: 409

Communities near Hartburg ...

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

  • Orange
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Vidor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Vidor is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,310 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidor <3>
  • Bridge City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Vinton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Vinton is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <3>
  • West Orange
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Pinehurst
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pinehurst is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
  • Pine Forest
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Pine Forest is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
  • Lemonville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lemonville is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
  • Starks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mauriceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hartburg ...

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

Adding Hartburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hartburg 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 Hartburg was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hartburg.

Footnotes ...

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