Welcome to Jewell ...
So far, we found very little information about Jewell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Jewell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Jewell - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Jewell, please Contact Us.
Jewell was located in the Texas Panhandle.
While we don't have the exact location of Jewell , we believe that it would have been located within present day Eastland County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Jewell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.
Time Zone: The area where Jewell was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Jewell would have been located in the (254) area code.
Communities Also Named Jewell ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Jewell: This one is located in Eastland County and the other is located in McLennan County.
Beyond Texas, there are 21 communities that are also named Jewell - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jewell.
Adding Jewell to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Jewell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Jewell post office opened in 1876.
We also found Jewell in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Jewell.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Eastland County: www.eastlandcountytexas.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jewell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Eastland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |