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Welcome to Nona ...

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

Nona is located in Hardin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Nona is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Nona ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Nona - they are located in Georgia and Missouri.

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

Communities near Nona ...

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

  • Beaumont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Lumberton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Silsbee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Kountze
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sour Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bevil Oaks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Bevil Oaks is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevil Oaks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
  • Pine Forest
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Forest is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
  • Rose Hill Acres
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rose Hill Acres is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Acres
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
  • Grayburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Grayburg is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayburg
  • Loeb
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Loeb is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeb

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nona ...

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

Adding Nona to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nona post office opened in 1881. The Nona post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nona.

Footnotes ...

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