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Welcome to Pike ...

Pike is located

Pike is located in Collin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pike, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Pike is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Pike ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Pike - they are located in British Columbia, California, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Oregon and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pike ...

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

  • Greenville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Anna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Anna is located in Collin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,945 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <3>
  • Princeton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Melissa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Bonham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Van Alstyne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Farmersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Josephine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Leonard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lowry Crossing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lowry Crossing is located in Collin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry Crossing
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pike ...

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

Adding Pike to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pike.

Footnotes ...

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