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Welcome to Honea ...

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

Honea is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Honea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Honea is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Honea ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Honea - they are located in Alabama and New Mexico.

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

Communities near Honea ...

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

  • Conroe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Conroe is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96,214 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conroe <3>
  • Tomball
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Willis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Willis is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,122 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willis <3>
  • Oak Ridge North
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Shenandoah
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Panorama Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Panorama Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,446 people
  • Magnolia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Montgomery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cut and Shoot
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • New Waverly
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Honea ...

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

Adding Honea to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Honea post office opened in 1894. The Honea post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Honea.

Footnotes ...

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