Welcome to Huntsville ...The city of Huntsville is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas). Huntsville is located in Walker County<1> and is the County Seat for Walker County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Huntsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. When the people of Huntsville refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Huntsvillian<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Huntsville has a population of 41,280 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Huntsville is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Huntsville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Huntsville: 936 The ZIP codes for Huntsville: 77320, 77340-77344, 77348-77349<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Huntsville had an population of 41,280 people. This is an increase of 7.09% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 17.68% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Huntsville had a population of 38,548 people (or 56.49% of the total population of Walker County). This makes Huntsville the county's most populous community. The population of Huntsville represents 0.15% of the population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 73rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 38,548 people, the population of Huntsville increased 9.89% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 35,078 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Huntsville. Communities Also Named Huntsville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Huntsville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee (2), Utah, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Huntsville. Websites for Huntsville ...Official Website: www.ci.huntsville.tx.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.chamber.huntsville.tx.us/ Communities near Huntsville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Huntsville.
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 Huntsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Huntsville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Huntsville. 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 Huntsville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Huntsville. Our list includes 21 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Huntsville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huntsville ...Looking for more information about Huntsville? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Huntsville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Huntsville. Adding Huntsville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Huntsville 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 Huntsville was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Huntsville. Footnotes ...
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