Welcome to Preston ...Preston is located Preston is located in Grayson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Preston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852. Preston is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Preston lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Preston: 903 While we believe that this Preston is located in Grayson County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Preston. Those communities are located in the following counties: Dallas and Wharton County. Beyond Texas, there are 46 communities that are also named Preston - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Preston. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Preston. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Preston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Preston. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Preston. 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 Preston. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Preston. See our Newspapers Page for Preston. Looking for more information about Preston? 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 Preston, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Preston. We originally found mention of Preston 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 for Preston was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Preston in the book titled .<5> X3X - From that list, the Preston post office opened in 1852.
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