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Welcome to Nopal ...

Nopal is located

Nopal is located in DeWitt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nopal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Nopal is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Nopal: 361

Communities Also Named Nopal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Nopal: This one is located in DeWitt County and the other is located in Presidio County.

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

Communities near Nopal ...

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

  • Cuero
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Nixon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Nixon is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixon <3>
  • Yorktown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Runge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Smiley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Nordheim
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Westhoff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ecleto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gillett
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Cheapside
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nopal ...

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

Adding Nopal to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nopal post office opened in 1896. The Nopal post office closed in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nopal.

Footnotes ...

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