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Welcome to Headsville ...

Headsville is located

Headsville is located in Robertson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Headsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Headsville is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Headsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Headsville - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Headsville ...

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

  • Groesbeck
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bremond
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Thornton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kosse
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Kosse is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <3>
  • Marquez
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Bald Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
  • Seale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Seale is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
  • Ridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridge is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
  • Owensville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Owensville is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Headsville ...

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

Adding Headsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Headsville.

Footnotes ...

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