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Welcome to Juliff ...

Juliff is located on the Gulf Coast.

Juliff is located in Fort Bend County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Juliff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Juliff is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Juliff ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Juliff ...

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

Adding Juliff to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Juliff post office opened in 1891. The Juliff post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Juliff.

Footnotes ...

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