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Welcome to Saint Francis ...

Saint Francis is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Saint Francis is located in Potter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Francis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Francis: St. Francis

Saint Francis is 3,520 feet [1,073 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Saint Francis is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Saint Francis: 806

Communities Also Named Saint Francis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Saint Francis - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas (2), California, Florida, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota (3), Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Saint Francis ...

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

  • Amarillo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Panhandle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Claude
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Claude is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claude <3>
  • Lake Tanglewood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
  • Timbercreek Canyon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Timbercreek Canyon is located in Randall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek Canyon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
  • Palisades
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Palisades is located in Randall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
  • Bishop Hills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Bishop Hills is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
  • Washburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Washburn is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
  • Fairview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Soncy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Francis ...

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

Adding Saint Francis to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Saint Francis post office opened in 1908. The Saint Francis post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Francis.

Footnotes ...

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