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Welcome to Mabelle ...

Mabelle is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Mabelle is located in Baylor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mabelle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Mabelle is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mabelle: 940

Communities near Mabelle ...

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

  • Seymour
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Megargel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Dundee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Dundee is located in Archer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Red Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Red Springs is located in Baylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
  • Round Timber ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Round Timber is located in Baylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
  • Bomarton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bomarton is located in Baylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomarton
  • Kamay
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Vera
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Vera is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera
  • Goree
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Holliday
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mabelle ...

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

Adding Mabelle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mabelle 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 Mabelle was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mabelle.

Footnotes ...

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