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Welcome to Hefner ...

Hefner is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Hefner is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hefner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Hefner is 1,440 feet [439 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hefner: 940

Communities near Hefner ...

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

  • Seymour
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Munday
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Knox City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Benjamin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Goree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Weinert
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bomarton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bomarton is located in Baylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomarton
  • Vera
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Vera is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera
  • Red Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Springs is located in Baylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
  • Gilliland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gilliland is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliland

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hefner ...

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

Adding Hefner to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hefner post office opened in 1904. The Hefner post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hefner.

Footnotes ...

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