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Welcome to Jiba ...Jiba is located Jiba is located in Kaufman County<1>. The location of Jiba has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Jiba: HE-buh<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Jiba, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905. Jiba is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Jiba lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jiba. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jiba. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jiba. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jiba. 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 Jiba. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jiba. See our Newspapers Page for Jiba. Looking for more information about Jiba? 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 Jiba, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Jiba. We originally found mention of Jiba 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 for Jiba was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Jiba in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Jiba post office opened in 1905.
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