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Welcome to San Pedro ...

San Pedro is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

San Pedro is located in Houston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Pedro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

San Pedro is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for San Pedro: 936

Communities Also Named San Pedro ...

While we believe that this San Pedro is located in Houston County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named San Pedro. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cameron and Nueces County.

Beyond Texas, there are 11 communities that are also named San Pedro - they are located in Arizona, California (3), Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico (3).

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

Communities near San Pedro ...

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

  • Crockett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Grapeland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Elkhart
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Kennard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Latexo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Belott
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Belott is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
  • Hickory Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
  • Mound City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mound City is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
  • Salmon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Salmon is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
  • Harrison Town
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Harrison Town is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Pedro ...

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

Adding San Pedro to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of San Pedro in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for San Pedro was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for San Pedro.

Footnotes ...

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