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Welcome to May ...

May is located in the Texas Panhandle.

May is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of May, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

May is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for May: 254

The ZIP code for May: 76857<3>

Communities Also Named May ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named May - they are located in Arkansas (2), California (2), Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near May ...

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

  • Brownwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Comanche
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Early
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Cross Plains
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rising Star
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Blanket
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sidney
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Lake Brownwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Brownwood is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brownwood
  • Okra
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Okra is located in Eastland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okra
  • Sipe Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sipe Springs is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipe Springs

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for May ...

Looking for more information about May? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for May, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for May.

Adding May to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the May post office opened in 1881.

For more details, see References and Mentions for May.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around May - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as May). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether May or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/