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Welcome to Senate ...

Senate is located

Senate is located in Jack County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Senate, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Senate is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Senate: 940

Communities Also Named Senate ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Senate - it's located in Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Senate ...

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

  • Graham
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jacksboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Graford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bryson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jermyn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Loving
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Perrin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Antelope
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Antelope is located in Jack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
  • Wizard Wells
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Wizard Wells is located in Jack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wizard Wells
  • Farmer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Farmer is located in Young County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Senate ...

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

Adding Senate to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Senate post office opened in 1894. The Senate post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Senate.

Footnotes ...

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