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Welcome to Lagarto ...

Lagarto is located on the South Texas Plains.

Lagarto is located in Live Oak County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lagarto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Lagarto is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lagarto: 361

Communities near Lagarto ...

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

  • Mathis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mathis is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,671 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mathis <3>
  • George West
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Lake City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake City is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
  • San Patricio
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • San Patricio is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
  • Lakeside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lakeside is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
  • Pernitas Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pernitas Point is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pernitas Point
  • Edgewater - Paisano
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Edgewater - Paisano is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater - Paisano
  • Lakeshore Gardens - Hidden Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Paisano
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Paisano is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisano
    • Paisano has also been known as:
    • Paisano Park Colonia
    • Paisano Park

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lagarto ...

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

Adding Lagarto to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lagarto 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 (so far) for Lagarto was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lagarto post office opened in 1874. The Lagarto post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lagarto.

Footnotes ...

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