Welcome to La Plata ...
So far, we found very little information about La Plata. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added La Plata to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with La Plata, please Contact Us.
La Plata was located in the Texas Panhandle.
La Plata would have been located within present day Deaf Smith County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of La Plata, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.
Time Zone: The area where La Plata was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from La Plata (for example, toward Grady (NM)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).
The Area Code where La Plata was located: 806
Going back to its beginning, La Plata was originally named Grenada. For more information about the names of La Plata, see The Names of La Plata on our Genealogy Page.
Communities Also Named La Plata ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named La Plata: This one is located in Deaf Smith County and the other is located in Presidio County.
Beyond Texas, there are 7 communities that are also named La Plata - they are located in Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Plata.
Communities near La Plata ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Plata.
- Hereford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
- Hereford is located in Deaf Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,389 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hereford <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hereford
- From La Plata to Hereford
- Summerfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Summerfield is located in Castro County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summerfield <3>
- Adrian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Adrian is located in Oldham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <3>
- Vega
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vega have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
- Vega is located in Oldham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vega <3>
- Boise ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Dawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Dawn is located in Deaf Smith County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawn <3>
- Friona
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friona have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friona
- Friona is located in Parmer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,774 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friona <3>
- Umbarger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umbarger
- Umbarger is located in Randall County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Umbarger <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Umbarger
- From La Plata to Umbarger
- Wildorado
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildorado have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildorado
- Wildorado is located in Oldham County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wildorado <3>
- Glenrio ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenrio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrio
- Glenrio is located in Deaf Smith County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Glenrio
- From La Plata to Glenrio
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 La Plata. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Plata.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Plata. 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 La Plata.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Plata. See our Newspapers Page for La Plata.
Adding La Plata to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of La Plata in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for La Plata was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the La Plata post office opened in 1890.
We also found La Plata in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for La Plata.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 La Plata, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Deaf Smith, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |