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Welcome to Miguel ...

Miguel is located on the South Texas Plains.

Miguel is located in Frio County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Miguel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Miguel is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Miguel: 830

Communities near Miguel ...

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

  • Pearsall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Devine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jourdanton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Poteet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Charlotte
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Natalia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Crown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Crown is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
  • Kyote
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Kyote is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyote
  • Bigfoot
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Davis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Davis is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Miguel ...

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

Adding Miguel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Miguel post office opened in 1880. The Miguel post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Miguel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Frio, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Miguel - 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/