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Welcome to Placid ...Placid is located in Hill Country. Placid is located in McCulloch County<1>. The location of Placid has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Placid, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908. Placid is 1,610 feet [491 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Placid lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Placid is within the (325) area code. Communities Also Named Placid ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Placid - they are located in Iowa and Louisiana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Placid. Communities near Placid ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Placid.
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 Placid. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Placid. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Placid. 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 Placid. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Placid. See our Newspapers Page for Placid. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Placid ...Looking for more information about Placid? 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 Placid, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Placid. Adding Placid to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Placid 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 for Placid was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Placid. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Placid. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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