Welcome to Princeton ...

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

We've added Princeton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Princeton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Princeton, please Contact Us.

Princeton was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

While we don't have the exact location of Princeton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Newton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Princeton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

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

The Area Code where Princeton was located: 409

Communities Also Named Princeton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Princeton: This one is located in Newton County and the other is located in Collin County.

Beyond Texas, there are 43 communities that are also named Princeton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (3), Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Princeton to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Princeton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Princeton post office opened in 1880.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Princeton.

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 Princeton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Newton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/