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Welcome to Spicewood ...

Spicewood is located in Hill Country.

Spicewood is located in Burnet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spicewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Spicewood is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Spicewood: 512 & 737<3>

The ZIP code for Spicewood: 78669<4>

Communities Also Named Spicewood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spicewood - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Spicewood ...

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

  • Leander
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Leander is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <5>
  • Lakeway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lago Vista
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Marble Falls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bee Cave
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Burnet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Granite Shoals
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Horseshoe Bay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Liberty Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • The Hills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • The Hills is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spicewood ...

Looking for more information about Spicewood? 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 Spicewood, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Spicewood.

Adding Spicewood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spicewood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Burnet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spicewood - 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 512 code has been Overlayed with the 737 area code. New phone numbers in the Spicewood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 512 or 737. As a result, placing a call in the Spicewood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Spicewood). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Spicewood or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.