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Welcome to Hegar ...

Hegar is located

Hegar is located in Waller County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hegar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Hegar is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Hegar ...

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

  • Tomball
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hempstead
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Prairie View
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Waller
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Magnolia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Island
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Pine Island is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
  • Stagecoach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Stagecoach is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
  • Plantersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Todd Mission
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
  • Hockley
    (6 miles [9.7 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 Hegar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hegar.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hegar ...

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

Adding Hegar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hegar in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hegar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hegar post office opened in 1899. The Hegar post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hegar.

Footnotes ...

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