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Welcome to Stockard ...

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

Stockard is located in Henderson County<1>.

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

Stockard is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stockard: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Stockard ...

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

  • Athens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Athens is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,770 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <4>
  • Gun Barrel City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Mabank
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Canton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Tool
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Tool is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tool
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,335 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tool <4>
  • Malakoff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Seven Points
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Kerens
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Brownsboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Kemp
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Kemp is located in Kaufman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemp <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stockard ...

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

Adding Stockard to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stockard 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 Stockard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Stockard post office opened in 1899. The Stockard post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stockard.

Footnotes ...

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