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Welcome to Menlow ...

Menlow is located

Menlow is located in Hill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Menlow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Menlow is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Menlow: 254

Communities near Menlow ...

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

  • Bellmead
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Hillsboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lacy - Lakeview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • West
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • West is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <3>
  • Whitney
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Northcrest
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Northcrest is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcrest
  • Gholson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Gholson is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
  • Abbott
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Leroy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Calm
    (18 miles [29 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 Menlow. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Menlow.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Menlow ...

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

Adding Menlow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Menlow 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 Menlow was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Menlow post office opened in 1895. The Menlow post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Menlow.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Menlow - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/