Welcome to Nickel ...
So far, we found very little information about Nickel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Nickel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nickel, please Contact Us.
Nickel was located Nickel would have been located within present day Gonzales County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Nickel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. While the community is gone, the present day location for Nickel is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Nickel was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Nickel was located: 830 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Nickel - they are located in Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Nickel. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Nickel. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Nickel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nickel. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Nickel. 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 Nickel. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Nickel. See our Newspapers Page for Nickel. We originally found mention of Nickel 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 Nickel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Nickel in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Nickel.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/Communities Also Named Nickel ...
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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 Nickel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. <2> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Gonzales, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <3> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nickel - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. <6> 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. <7> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/