Welcome to Plank ...

Plank is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

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

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

Communities Also Named Plank ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Plank - they are located in Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

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

Adding Plank to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plank 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 Plank was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Plank post office opened in 1885.

We also found Plank in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plank.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hardin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/