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Welcome to Loco ...

So far, we found very little information about Loco. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Loco to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Loco, please Contact Us.

Loco was located in the Texas Panhandle.

Loco would have been located within present day Childress County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loco, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Loco is 1,820 feet [555 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Loco was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Loco was located: 940

Communities Also Named Loco ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Loco - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Kansas (3), Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Loco ...

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

  • Wellington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hollis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
    • Hollis is located in Harmon County (OK)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,818 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollis <4>
  • Dodson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
    • Dodson is located in Collingsworth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dodson <4>
  • Arnett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
    • Arnett is located in Harmon County (OK)
  • Sandy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
    • Sandy is located in Harmon County (OK)
  • Newlin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
    • Newlin is located in Hall County
  • Carey
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Quail
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Vinson
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Childress
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Loco to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Loco 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 for Loco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Loco post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loco.

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 Loco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Childress, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Loco - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/