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Welcome to Plaska ...

Plaska is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Plaska is located in Hall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plaska, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

Plaska is 1,940 feet [591 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Plaska: 806

Communities near Plaska ...

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

  • Memphis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hedley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Estelline
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lakeview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Hulver
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hulver is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulver
  • Newlin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Newlin is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
  • Carey
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Turkey
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lelia Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Tell
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plaska ...

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

Adding Plaska to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plaska 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 Plaska was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Plaska post office opened in 1920. The Plaska post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plaska.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plaska - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/