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Welcome to Massey Lake ...

Massey Lake is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Massey Lake is located in Anderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Massey Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1923.

A typical abbreviation for Massey Lake: Massey Lk.

Massey Lake is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Massey Lake: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Massey Lake ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Massey Lake ...

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

Adding Massey Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Massey Lake post office opened in 1923. The Massey Lake post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Massey Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Anderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Massey Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Massey Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Massey Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/