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Welcome to Stith ...

Stith is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Stith is located in Jones County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stith, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Stith is 1,800 feet [549 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Stith: 325

Communities Also Named Stith ...

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

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

Communities near Stith ...

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

  • Abilene
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Merkel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Anson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Tye
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tye is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tye
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tye <3>
  • Hawley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Buffalo Gap
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Trent
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Impact
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Impact is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stith ...

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

Adding Stith to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stith 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 Stith was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Stith post office opened in 1901. The Stith post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stith.

Footnotes ...

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

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