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Welcome to Nameless ...

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

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


Nameless was located in Hill Country.

Nameless would have been located within present day Travis County<2>.

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

The origin (or the toponymy) of Nameless: The story goes that six different names were proposed to the postal service and they were all rejected. In frustration, the town's people replied "Let the post office be nameless and be damned".

While the community is gone, the present day location for Nameless is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Nameless was located: 512 & 737<4>

The community of Nameless has also been called Cross Creek. and Fairview. For more information about the names of Nameless, see The Names of Nameless on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Nameless ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Nameless - they are located in Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Nameless ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Nameless to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nameless in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Nameless was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Nameless post office opened in 1880. The Nameless post office closed in 1890.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nameless.

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 Nameless, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Travis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nameless - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 512 code has been Overlayed with the 737 area code. New phone numbers in the Nameless area will be assigned with one of these codes: 512 or 737. As a result, placing a call in the Nameless area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/