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Welcome to Pitner Junction ...

Pitner Junction is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Pitner Junction is located in Rusk County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Pitner Junction: Pitner Jct. (or less commonly used: Pitner Jctn.)

Pitner Junction is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pitner Junction: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Pitner Junction ...

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

  • Longview
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kilgore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Henderson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gladewater
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • White Oak
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Overton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Troup
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Troup is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,064 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troup <4>
  • Arp
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Arp is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arp <4>
  • New London
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Lakeport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pitner Junction ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Rusk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pitner Junction - 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 Pitner Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Pitner Junction 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.