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Welcome to Luxello ...

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

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


Luxello was located on the South Texas Plains.

Luxello would have been located within present day Bexar County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Luxello, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Luxello is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities near Luxello ...

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

  • San Antonio
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • New Braunfels
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Schertz
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cibolo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Converse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Universal City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Live Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Leon Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Kirby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Alamo Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Luxello. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Luxello.

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

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

Adding Luxello to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Luxello 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 Luxello was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Luxello post office opened in 1915. The Luxello post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Luxello.

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 Luxello, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Bexar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Luxello - 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>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/