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Welcome to Sloan ...

Sloan is located in Hill Country.

Sloan is located in San Saba County<1>.

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

Sloan is 1,310 feet [399 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Sloan: 325

Communities Also Named Sloan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Sloan - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina (2), Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Sloan ...

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

  • San Saba
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Richland Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richland Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Springs
    • Richland Springs is located in San Saba County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland Springs <3>
  • Locker ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
    • Locker is located in San Saba County
  • Holt ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Holt is located in San Saba County
  • Cherokee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pontotoc
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Regency ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
    • Regency is located in Mills County
  • Rochelle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Fredonia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Voca
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sloan ...

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

Adding Sloan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sloan in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sloan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sloan post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sloan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including San Saba, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sloan - 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>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.
<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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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