Welcome to Manning ...

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

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

Manning was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Manning would have been located within present day Angelina County<2>.

The location of Manning has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Manning is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where Manning once stood is in the (936) area code.

Communities Also Named Manning ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Manning - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan (2), Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Manning ...

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

• Lufkin
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
  • Lufkin is located in Angelina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,955 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lufkin <5>
• Hudson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
  • Hudson is located in Angelina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
• Diboll
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diboll
  • Diboll is located in Angelina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,123 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diboll <5>
• Huntington
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Huntington is located in Angelina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,079 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <5>
• Corrigan
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrigan
  • Corrigan is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,702 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corrigan <5>
• Burke
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
  • Burke is located in Angelina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
• Zavalla
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zavalla
  • Zavalla is located in Angelina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zavalla <5>
• Colmesneil
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmesneil
  • Colmesneil is located in Tyler County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colmesneil <5>
• Chester
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Tyler County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <5>
• Broaddus
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broaddus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broaddus
  • Broaddus is located in San Augustine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broaddus <5>

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

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

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

Adding Manning to Our Gazetteer ...

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

We also found Manning in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Manning post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Manning.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Angelina County: www.angelinacounty.net/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/