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Welcome to Palito Blanco ...

Palito Blanco is located on the South Texas Plains.

Palito Blanco is located in Jim Wells County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palito Blanco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1928.

Palito Blanco is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Palito Blanco: 361

Communities near Palito Blanco ...

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

  • Alice
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Alice is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,591 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alice <3>
  • San Diego
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Premont
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Benavides
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Ben Bolt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Coyote Acres
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Coyote Acres is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Acres
    • Coyote Acres has also been known as:
    • Coyote Acres Colonia
  • Alice Acres
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Alice Acres is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice Acres
    • Alice Acres has also been known as:
    • Alice Acres Colonia
  • Rios
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rios is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rios
  • Loma Linda East
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Loma Linda East is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda East
    • Loma Linda East has also been known as:
    • Loma Linda East Colonia
  • Rancho Alegre
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rancho Alegre is located in Jim Wells County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Alegre

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palito Blanco ...

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

Adding Palito Blanco to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Palito Blanco post office opened in 1928. The Palito Blanco post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palito Blanco.

Footnotes ...

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