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Welcome to Phalba ...

Phalba is located

Phalba is located in Van Zandt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phalba, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Phalba is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Phalba: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Phalba ...

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

  • Athens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Athens is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,770 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <4>
  • Gun Barrel City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mabank
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Canton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Canton is located in Van Zandt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,941 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <4>
  • Wills Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Tool
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tool is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tool
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,335 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tool <4>
  • Malakoff
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Edgewood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Seven Points
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kemp
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Kemp is located in Kaufman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemp <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Phalba ...

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

Adding Phalba to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Phalba 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 Phalba was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phalba.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Van Zandt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Phalba - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Phalba area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Phalba area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.