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Welcome to Nockenut ...

Nockenut is located on the South Texas Plains.

Nockenut is located in Wilson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nockenut, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Nockenut is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Nockenut: 830

Communities near Nockenut ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nockenut ...

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

Adding Nockenut to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nockenut post office opened in 1858. The Nockenut post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nockenut.

Footnotes ...

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