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Welcome to Pancake ...

Pancake is located

Pancake is located in Coryell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pancake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Pancake is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pancake: 254

Communities Also Named Pancake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Pancake - they are located in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pancake ...

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

  • Gatesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Clifton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamilton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Valley Mills
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Fort Gates
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
  • South Mountain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • South Mountain is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mountain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
  • Cranfills Gap
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jonesboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Levita
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Levita is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levita
  • Ireland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Ireland is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pancake ...

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

Adding Pancake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pancake post office opened in 1884. The Pancake post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pancake.

Footnotes ...

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