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Welcome to Huntoon ...

Huntoon is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Huntoon is located in Ochiltree County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huntoon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1921.

Huntoon is 2,870 feet [875 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Huntoon is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Huntoon: 806

Communities Also Named Huntoon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Huntoon - it's located in Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Huntoon ...

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

  • Perryton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Booker
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Darrouzett
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Balko
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Ochiltree ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ochiltree is located in Ochiltree County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochiltree
  • Timms City ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Timms City is located in Lipscomb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timms City
  • Farnsworth
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Logan
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Logan is located in Beaver County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Beaver
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Beaver is located in Beaver County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <3>
  • Lipscomb
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huntoon ...

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

Adding Huntoon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Huntoon post office opened in 1921. The Huntoon post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huntoon.

Footnotes ...

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