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Welcome to Medicine Mound ...

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

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

Medicine Mound was located in the Texas Panhandle.

Medicine Mound would have been located within present day Hardeman County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Medicine Mound, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Medicine Mound is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Medicine Mound was located: 940

Communities near Medicine Mound ...

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

  • Vernon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Vernon is located in Wilbarger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,138 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <4>
  • Quanah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Crowell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Chillicothe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Eldorado
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Margaret
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Margaret is located in Foard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
  • Rayland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rayland is located in Foard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayland
  • Tolbert ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Tolbert is located in Wilbarger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
  • Lockett
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockett is located in Wilbarger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockett
  • Odell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

Adding Medicine Mound to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Medicine Mound post office opened in 1908. The Medicine Mound post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Medicine Mound.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Medicine Mound, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hardeman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Medicine Mound - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/