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Welcome to Mahomet ...

Mahomet is located in Hill Country.

Mahomet is located in Burnet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mahomet, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

Mahomet is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Mahomet ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Mahomet - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Mahomet ...

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

  • Georgetown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Leander
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Leander is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <3>
  • Burnet
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Liberty Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jarrell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bertram
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Florence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Kempner
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Briggs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Andice
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mahomet ...

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

Adding Mahomet to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mahomet.

Footnotes ...

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