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Welcome to New Prospect ...

New Prospect is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

New Prospect is located in Rusk County<1>.

New Prospect is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for New Prospect: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named New Prospect ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named New Prospect: This one is located in Rusk County and the other is located in Shelby County.

Beyond Texas, there are 11 communities that are also named New Prospect - they are located in Alabama (2), Mississippi, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near New Prospect ...

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

  • Kilgore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Henderson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Overton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Tatum
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Arp
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Arp is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arp <4>
  • New London
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lakeport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Beckville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Easton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Enterprise
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Prospect ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Rusk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Prospect - 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 New Prospect area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the New Prospect 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.