Welcome to Seven Sisters ...

Seven Sisters is located on the South Texas Plains.

Seven Sisters is located in Duval County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seven Sisters, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1937.

Seven Sisters is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Seven Sisters: 361

Communities near Seven Sisters ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Seven Sisters.

• Freer
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freer
  • Freer is located in Duval County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,620 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freer <3>
• San Diego
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Diego have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Diego
  • San Diego is located in Duval County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,188 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Diego <3>
• Loma Linda East
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma Linda East have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda East
  • Loma Linda East is located in Jim Wells County
  • Loma Linda East has also been known as:
  • Loma Linda East Colonia
• Owl Ranch - Amargosa
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Ranch - Amargosa
  • Owl Ranch - Amargosa is located in Jim Wells County
• Benavides
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benavides
  • Benavides is located in Duval County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,391 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benavides <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seven Sisters ...

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

Adding Seven Sisters to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Seven Sisters 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 Seven Sisters was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Seven Sisters post office opened in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seven Sisters.