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Welcome to Phelan ...

Phelan is located

Phelan is located in Bastrop County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phelan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

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

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

Area Codes for Phelan: 512 & 737<3>

Communities Also Named Phelan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Phelan - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Phelan ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Phelan ...

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

Adding Phelan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phelan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Bastrop, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Phelan - 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 512 code has been Overlayed with the 737 area code. New phone numbers in the Phelan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 512 or 737. As a result, placing a call in the Phelan 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.