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Welcome to Plover ...

Plover is located

Plover is located in Tarrant County<1>.

Plover is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Plover ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Plover - they are located in Iowa, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Plover ...

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

  • Fort Worth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Burleson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Haltom City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Cleburne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Saginaw
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Benbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • White Settlement
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Crowley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Forest Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Kennedale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plover ...

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

Adding Plover to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plover 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 Plover was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plover.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Tarrant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plover - 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.