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Welcome to Maxey ...

Maxey is located

Maxey is located in Lamar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maxey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Maxey is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Maxey: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Maxey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Maxey - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Maxey ...

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

  • Paris
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Reno
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Reno is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
  • Honey Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Roxton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Windom
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pecan Gap
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Sun Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Toco
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Toco is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Sumner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brookston
    (6 miles [9.7 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 Maxey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Maxey.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maxey ...

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

Adding Maxey to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maxey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Lamar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maxey - 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 Maxey area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Maxey 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.