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Welcome to Lavender ...

Lavender is located

Lavender is located in Limestone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lavender, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Lavender is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lavender: 254

Communities Also Named Lavender ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Lavender - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Ontario (3), Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lavender.

Communities near Lavender ...

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

  • Mexia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mexia is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexia <3>
  • Groesbeck
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mart
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mart is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,983 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mart <3>
  • Riesel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Coolidge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Thornton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kosse
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Kosse is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <3>
  • Hallsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hallsburg is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
  • Tehuacana
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ben Hur
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lavender ...

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

Adding Lavender to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lavender post office opened in 1900. The Lavender post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lavender.

Footnotes ...

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