Welcome to Pisek ...
So far, we found very little information about Pisek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pisek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pisek, please Contact Us.
Pisek was located Pisek would have been located within present day Colorado County<2>. The location of Pisek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Pisek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896. While the community is gone, the present day location for Pisek is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Pisek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Pisek would have been located in the (979) area code. Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pisek - it's located in North Dakota. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pisek. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pisek. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pisek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pisek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pisek. 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 Pisek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pisek. See our Newspapers Page for Pisek. We originally found mention of Pisek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pisek was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Pisek in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Pisek post office opened in 1896.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Pisek.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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Footnotes ...
<1> We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pisek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. <2> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Colorado, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <3> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <4> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pisek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <5> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <6> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/