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Welcome to Nigton ...

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

Nigton is located in Trinity County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nigton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Nigton is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Nigton: 936

Communities near Nigton ...

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

  • Lufkin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lufkin is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,955 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lufkin <3>
  • Hudson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hudson is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
  • Diboll
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Huntington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Corrigan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Groveton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wells
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Burke
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Burke is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
  • Kennard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Granville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Granville is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nigton ...

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

Adding Nigton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nigton.

Footnotes ...

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