Lisbon would have been located within present day Dallas County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Lisbon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.
Time Zone: The area where Lisbon was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Lisbon ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Lisbon - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lisbon.
Communities near Lisbon ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lisbon.
- Dallas
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Irving
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irving have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Irving is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 240,916 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irving <3>
- Garland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mesquite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mesquite have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
- Mesquite is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138,916 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesquite <3>
- Richardson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rowlett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rowlett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowlett
- Rowlett is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68,388 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rowlett <3>
- Euless
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- DeSoto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Lisbon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lisbon.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lisbon. 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 Lisbon.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lisbon. See our Newspapers Page for Lisbon.
Adding Lisbon to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Lisbon in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lisbon was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lisbon.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lisbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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. |