Welcome to Helmic ...
Helmic is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).
Helmic is located in Trinity County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Helmic, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.
Helmic is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Helmic lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Helmic: 936
Communities near Helmic ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Helmic.
- Lufkin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Hudson is located in Angelina County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
- Diboll
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Corrigan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Groveton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kennard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Kennard is located in Houston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennard <3>
- Centralia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centralia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Centralia is located in Trinity County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centralia <3>
- Blix
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blix. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blix
- Blix is located in Angelina County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Blix
- From Helmic to Blix
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
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 Helmic. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Helmic.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Helmic. 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 Helmic.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Helmic. See our Newspapers Page for Helmic.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Helmic ...
Looking for more information about Helmic? 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 Helmic, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Helmic.
Adding Helmic to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Helmic 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 for Helmic was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Helmic post office opened in 1910.
We also found Helmic in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Helmic.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Trinity, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Helmic - 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |