Welcome to Merit ...Merit is located Merit is located in Hunt County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Merit, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885. Merit is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Merit lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Merit: 903 & 430<3> The ZIP code for Merit: 75458<4> Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Merit - it's located in Mississippi. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Merit. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Merit. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Merit. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Merit. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Merit. 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 Merit. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Merit. See our Newspapers Page for Merit. Looking for more information about Merit? 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 Merit, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Merit. We originally found mention of Merit 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 Merit was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
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