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Welcome to Pruitt ...

Pruitt is located

Pruitt is located in Van Zandt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pruitt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Pruitt is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pruitt: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Pruitt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Pruitt - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Pruitt ...

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

  • Lindale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mineola
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Canton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Canton is located in Van Zandt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,941 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <4>
  • Grand Saline
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hideaway
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hideaway is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
  • Quitman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Edgewood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Brownsboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Alba
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Fruitvale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pruitt ...

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

Adding Pruitt to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pruitt 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 Pruitt was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pruitt.

Footnotes ...

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