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Welcome to Lee ...

Lee is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Lee is located in Carson County<1>.

Lee is 3,510 feet [1,070 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lee is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Lee: 806

Communities Also Named Lee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Lee: This one is located in Carson County and the other is located in Childress County.

Beyond Texas, there are 45 communities that are also named Lee - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), California, Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Montana, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Utah, Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Lee ...

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

  • Amarillo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Panhandle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Claude
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Claude is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claude <3>
  • Washburn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Washburn is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
  • Fairview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Fairview is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Malden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Malden is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
  • White Deer
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Groom
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Lake Tanglewood
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
  • Palisades
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Palisades is located in Randall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lee ...

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

Adding Lee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lee 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 (so far) for Lee was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lee.

Footnotes ...

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