Welcome to Speaks ...Speaks is located Speaks is located in Lavaca County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Speaks, you might consider that their post office opened in 1929. Speaks is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Speaks lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Speaks: 361 We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Speaks. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Speaks. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Speaks. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Speaks. 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 Speaks. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Speaks. See our Newspapers Page for Speaks. Looking for more information about Speaks? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Speaks, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Speaks. We originally found mention of Speaks 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 Speaks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Speaks.
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