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Welcome to Stamps ...

Stamps is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Stamps is located in Upshur County<1>.

Stamps is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stamps: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Stamps ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Stamps - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Stamps ...

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

  • Longview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Gladewater
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • White Oak
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
    • White Oak is located in Gregg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,283 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Oak <4>
  • Gilmer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pittsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Daingerfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Hughes Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lone Star
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Ore City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Clarksville City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville City
    • Clarksville City is located in Gregg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 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 Stamps. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stamps.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stamps ...

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

Adding Stamps to Our Gazetteer ...

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

We also found Stamps in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stamps.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Upshur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stamps - 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 Stamps area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Stamps 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.
<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.