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Welcome to Lovelace ...

Lovelace is located

Lovelace is located in Hill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lovelace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Lovelace is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lovelace: 254

Communities Also Named Lovelace ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Lovelace - they are located in Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Lovelace ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lovelace ...

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

Adding Lovelace to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lovelace post office opened in 1893. The Lovelace post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lovelace.

Footnotes ...

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