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Welcome to Nelta ...

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

Nelta is located in Hopkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nelta, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Nelta is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Nelta: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Nelta ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nelta ...

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

Adding Nelta to Our Gazetteer ...

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

We also found Nelta in the book titled .<6> X3X - From that list, the Nelta post office opened in 1884.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nelta.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hopkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nelta - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Nelta area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Nelta area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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