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Welcome to Schattel ...

Schattel is located on the South Texas Plains.

Schattel is located in Frio County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Schattel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924.

Schattel is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Schattel: 830

Communities near Schattel ...

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

  • Pearsall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Devine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jourdanton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Poteet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Lytle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <3>
  • Charlotte
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Natalia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Bigfoot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Kyote
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kyote is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyote
  • Crown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Crown is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Schattel ...

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

Adding Schattel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Schattel post office opened in 1924. The Schattel post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Schattel.

Footnotes ...

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