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Welcome to Sanco ...

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

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

Sanco was located in the Texas Panhandle.

Sanco would have been located within present day Coke County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sanco, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sanco is 2,060 feet [628 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Sanco was located: 325

Communities near Sanco ...

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

  • Robert Lee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bronte
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronte have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronte
    • Bronte is located in Coke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronte <4>
  • Blackwell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackwell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
    • Blackwell is located in Coke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blackwell <4>
  • Edith
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Maryneal
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryneal have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryneal
    • Maryneal is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maryneal <4>
  • Hylton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hylton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
    • Hylton is located in Nolan County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hylton
    • From Sanco to Hylton
  • Maverick ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maverick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
    • Maverick is located in Runnels County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Maverick
    • From Sanco to Maverick
  • Tennyson
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Nolan
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nolan have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
    • Nolan is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nolan <4>

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

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

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

Adding Sanco to Our Gazetteer ...

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

We also found Sanco in the book titled .<7> X3X - From that list, the Sanco post office opened in 1889.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sanco.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 Sanco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Coke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sanco - 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.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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