Welcome to Sejita ...

Sejita is located on the South Texas Plains.

Sejita is located in Duval County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sejita, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Sejita is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Sejita: 361

Communities near Sejita ...

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

• Falfurrias
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Falfurrias is located in Brooks County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falfurrias
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,717 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falfurrias <3>
• Premont
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Premont is located in Jim Wells County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premont
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Premont <3>
• Concepcion
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Concepcion is located in Duval County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concepcion
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concepcion <3>
• Realitos
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Realitos is located in Duval County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Realitos
  • Realitos has also been known as:
  • Realitos Colonia
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Realitos <3>
• Santa Cruz
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Santa Cruz is located in Duval County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Cruz
• Hebbronville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hebbronville is located in Jim Hogg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbronville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hebbronville <3>
• Las Lomitas
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Las Lomitas is located in Jim Hogg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Lomitas
• Rios
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rios is located in Duval County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rios
• South Fork Estates
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • South Fork Estates is located in Jim Hogg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Estates
• Cantu Addition
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Cantu Addition is located in Brooks County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantu Addition

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sejita ...

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

Adding Sejita to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sejita post office opened in 1914. The Sejita post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sejita.