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Welcome to Round Timber ...

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

We've added Round Timber to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Round Timber, please Contact Us.


Round Timber was located in the Texas Panhandle.

Round Timber would have been located within present day Baylor County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Round Timber, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Round Timber is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Round Timber was located: 940

Communities near Round Timber ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Round Timber to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Round Timber.

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 Round Timber, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Baylor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Round Timber - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.