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Welcome to Mentz ...

Mentz is located

Mentz is located in Colorado County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mentz, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

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

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

Area Code for Mentz: 979

Communities Also Named Mentz ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Mentz - it's located in Michigan.

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

Communities near Mentz ...

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

  • Sealy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bellville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Eagle Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Columbus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Industry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Fayetteville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Alleyton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ramsey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ramsey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
    • Ramsey is located in Colorado County
  • Cat Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Glidden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glidden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
    • Glidden is located in Colorado County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glidden <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mentz ...

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

Adding Mentz to Our Gazetteer ...

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

We also found Mentz in the book titled .<5> X3X - From that list, the Mentz post office opened in 1889.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mentz.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Colorado, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mentz - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/