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Welcome to Pone ...

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

Pone is located in Rusk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pone, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Pone is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pone: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Pone ...

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

  • Henderson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Overton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Troup
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Troup is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,064 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troup <4>
  • New Summerfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Arp
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Arp is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arp <4>
  • New London
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Cushing
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Gallatin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Enterprise
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Reklaw
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pone ...

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

Adding Pone to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pone 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 Pone was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pone post office opened in 1898. The Pone post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pone.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Rusk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pone - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Pone area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Pone area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/