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Welcome to Haslam ...

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

Haslam is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Haslam, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Haslam is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Haslam: 936

Communities near Haslam ...

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

  • Center
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mansfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Tenaha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Huxley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Huxley is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
  • South Mansfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • South Mansfield is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mansfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • Keachi
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Keachi is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
  • Grand Cane
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Longstreet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Stanley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Stanley is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Campti
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Haslam ...

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

Adding Haslam to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Haslam post office opened in 1914. The Haslam post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Haslam.

Footnotes ...

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