Welcome to Lajitas ...
Lajitas is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).
Lajitas is located in Brewster County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Lajitas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.
Lajitas is 2,340 feet [713 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lajitas is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: Lajitas lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Lajitas: 432
Communities near Lajitas ...
We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Lajitas.
- Terlingua
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Study Butte - Terlingua
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Castolon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Castolon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castolon
- Castolon is located in Brewster County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Castolon
- From Lajitas to Castolon
- Redford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lajitas ...
Looking for more information about Lajitas? 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.
In addition to the Tourism page for Lajitas, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lajitas.
Adding Lajitas to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Lajitas 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 Lajitas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Lajitas post office opened in 1904.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lajitas.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brewster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lajitas - 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> | 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. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |