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Welcome to Pumphrey ...

Pumphrey is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Pumphrey is located in Runnels County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pumphrey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Pumphrey is 1,980 feet [604 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pumphrey: 325

Communities Also Named Pumphrey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pumphrey - it's located in Maryland.

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

Communities near Pumphrey ...

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

  • Winters
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bronte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuscola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Blackwell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Wingate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Guion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Guion is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
  • Hylton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hylton is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
  • Norton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Chadbourne
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Fort Chadbourne is located in Coke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chadbourne

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pumphrey ...

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

Adding Pumphrey to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pumphrey post office opened in 1901. The Pumphrey post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pumphrey.

Footnotes ...

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