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Welcome to Plemons ...

So far, we found very little information about Plemons. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Plemons to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Plemons, please Contact Us.

Plemons was located in the Texas Panhandle.

Plemons would have been located within present day Hutchinson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plemons, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Plemons is 2,730 feet [832 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Plemons is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Plemons was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Plemons was located: 806

Communities near Plemons ...

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

  • Borger
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Borger is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,225 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Borger <4>
  • Fritch
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Fritch is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,928 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fritch <4>
  • Stinnett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Skellytown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sanford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Phillips
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Phillips is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
  • Electric City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Electric City is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric City
  • Oil City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Oil City is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
  • Pringle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pringle is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
  • Morse
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Plemons to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plemons 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 (so far) for Plemons was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Plemons post office opened in 1901. The Plemons post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plemons.

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 Plemons, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hutchinson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plemons - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/