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Welcome to Small ...

Small is located

Small is located in Van Zandt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Small, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Small is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Small: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Small ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Small - they are located in Idaho (2), Kentucky and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Small ...

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

  • Canton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Canton is located in Van Zandt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,941 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <4>
  • Wills Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Grand Saline
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Van
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Van is located in Van Zandt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <4>
  • West Tawakoni
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
  • Edgewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Quinlan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Emory
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • East Tawakoni
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
  • Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Small ...

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

Adding Small to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Small 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 Small was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Small.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Van Zandt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Small - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Small area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Small area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.