Welcome to Notrees ...

Notrees is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Notrees is located in Ector County<1>.

The location of Notrees has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

Notrees was established in 1946.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Notrees: When founded, Notree had a single tree. The tree was felled during the construction of the Shell gas plant, hence no tree. When applying for a post office, several names for the town were tried and rejected. Out of frustration, the name Notree was tried and accepted for the new post office.

Notrees is 3,330 feet [1,015 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Notrees is about ¾ mile [or 1 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Notrees, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Notrees lies within the (432) area code.

The ZIP code for Notrees: 79759<4>

Communities near Notrees ...

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

• Goldsmith
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldsmith have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
  • Goldsmith is located in Ector County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldsmith <5>
• Judkins
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judkins
  • Judkins is located in Ector County
• Penwell
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penwell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penwell
  • Penwell is located in Ector County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penwell <5>
• West Odessa
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Odessa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Odessa
  • West Odessa is located in Ector County
• Cheyenne
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
  • Cheyenne is located in Winkler County
• Kermit
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
  • Kermit is located in Winkler County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,367 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kermit <5>
• Scharbauer City
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scharbauer City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scharbauer City
  • Scharbauer City is located in Ector County
• Gardendale
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
  • Gardendale is located in Ector County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardendale <5>
• Odessa
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odessa
  • Odessa is located in Ector County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125,413 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odessa <5>
• Monahans
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monahans
  • Monahans is located in Ward County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monahans <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Notrees ...

Looking for more information about Notrees? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Notrees, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Notrees.

Adding Notrees to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Notrees 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 Notrees was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Notrees post office opened in 1946.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Notrees.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Notrees. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ector County: www.co.ector.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/