Welcome to Lela ...Lela is located in the Texas Panhandle. Lela is located in Wheeler County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lela, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. Lela is 2,430 feet [741 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lela is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Lela lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Lela: 806 Communities Also Named Lela ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Lela - they are located in Georgia, Louisiana and Oklahoma. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lela. Communities near Lela ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lela.
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 Lela. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lela. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lela. 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 Lela. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lela. See our Newspapers Page for Lela. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lela ...Looking for more information about Lela? 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 Lela, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lela. Adding Lela to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lela 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 Lela was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lela. Footnotes ...
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