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Welcome to Poorboy Landing ...

Poorboy Landing is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Poorboy Landing is located in Cass County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Poorboy Landing: Poorboy Lndg. (or less commonly used: Poorboy Lndng.)

Poorboy Landing is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Poorboy Landing: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Poorboy Landing ...

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

  • Wake Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Atlanta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • New Boston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Nash
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Nash is located in Bowie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,781 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nash <4>
  • Hooks
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Linden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Queen City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Redwater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Maud
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Maud is located in Bowie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <4>
  • Red Lick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Lick is located in Bowie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poorboy Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cass, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Poorboy Landing - 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 Poorboy Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Poorboy Landing 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.