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Welcome to Lindenau ...

Lindenau is located

Lindenau is located in DeWitt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lindenau, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Lindenau is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lindenau: 361

Communities Also Named Lindenau ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lindenau - it's located in New Jersey.

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

Communities near Lindenau ...

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

  • Cuero
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Yoakum
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Yorktown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Smiley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Nordheim
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Westhoff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Edgar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
  • Cheapside
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
  • Meyersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Hochheim
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lindenau ...

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

Adding Lindenau to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lindenau post office opened in 1895. The Lindenau post office closed in 1947.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lindenau.

Footnotes ...

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