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Welcome to Pastura ...

Pastura is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Pastura is located in Jones County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pastura, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Pastura is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pastura: 325

Communities Also Named Pastura ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pastura - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Pastura ...

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

  • Stamford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Anson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamlin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Aspermont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rule
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rule is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 611 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rule <3>
  • Tuxedo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuxedo is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo
  • Flat Top
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Top is located in Stonewall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
  • Sagerton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Radium
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Radium is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
  • Old Glory
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pastura ...

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

Adding Pastura to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pastura post office opened in 1911. The Pastura post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pastura.

Footnotes ...

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