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Welcome to Palo Pinto ...

Palo Pinto is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Palo Pinto is located in Palo Pinto County<1> and is the County Seat for Palo Pinto County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palo Pinto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Palo Pinto for more information about variations on the name of Palo Pinto.

Palo Pinto is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Palo Pinto: 940

The ZIP code for Palo Pinto: 76484<3>

Communities Also Named Palo Pinto ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Palo Pinto - it's located in Missouri.

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

Communities near Palo Pinto ...

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

  • Mineral Wells
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Strawn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Graford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Gordon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Millsap
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Mingus
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cool
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Cool is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
  • Brazos
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Brazos is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
  • Santo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wolters Village
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Wolters Village is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolters Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palo Pinto ...

Looking for more information about Palo Pinto? 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 Palo Pinto, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Palo Pinto.

Adding Palo Pinto to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Palo Pinto post office opened in 1860.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palo Pinto.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Palo Pinto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palo Pinto - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Palo Pinto). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Palo Pinto or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/