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Welcome to Pringle ...

Pringle is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Pringle is located in Hutchinson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pringle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1929.

Pringle is 3,310 feet [1,009 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Pringle is about ¾ mile [or 1 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Pringle: 806

Communities Also Named Pringle ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Pringle - they are located in Georgia, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Pringle ...

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

  • Borger
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Stinnett
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sanford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Morse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Oil City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Oil City is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
  • Electric City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Electric City is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric City
  • Phillips
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Gruver
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Sunray
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Fritch
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Fritch is located in Hutchinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,928 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fritch <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pringle ...

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

Adding Pringle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pringle 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 Pringle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pringle post office opened in 1929. The Pringle post office closed in 1946.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pringle.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hutchinson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pringle - 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.
<4>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/