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Welcome to Huckabay ...

Huckabay is located

Huckabay is located in Erath County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huckabay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Huckabay is 1,410 feet [430 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Huckabay: 254

Communities near Huckabay ...

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

  • Stephenville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dublin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Strawn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Lipan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Gordon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Mingus
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lingleville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Morgan Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bunyan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Bunyan is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
  • Thurber
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huckabay ...

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

Adding Huckabay to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Huckabay post office opened in 1888. The Huckabay post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huckabay.

Footnotes ...

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