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Welcome to Nancy ...

Nancy is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Nancy is located in Angelina County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nancy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

Nancy is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Nancy: 936

Communities Also Named Nancy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Nancy: This one is located in Angelina County and the other is located in Cameron County.

Beyond Texas, there are 10 communities that are also named Nancy - they are located in Alaska, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Nancy ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nancy ...

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

Adding Nancy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nancy post office opened in 1926. The Nancy post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nancy.

Footnotes ...

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