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 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. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lavender. 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. 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. 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 for Lavender was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lavender.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lavender. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/Communities Also Named Lavender ...
Communities near Lavender ...
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lavender ...
Adding Lavender to Our Gazetteer ...
X2X - From that list, the Lavender post office opened in 1900.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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> 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> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/