Welcome to String Prairie ...

String Prairie is located

String Prairie is located in Bastrop County<1>.

The location of String Prairie has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of String Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

A typical abbreviation for String Prairie: String Pr.

String Prairie is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named String Prairie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named String Prairie: This one is located in Bastrop County and the other is located in Lee County.

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

Communities near String Prairie ...

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

• Lockhart
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
  • Lockhart is located in Caldwell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,069 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lockhart <4>
• Bastrop
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bastrop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bastrop
  • Bastrop is located in Bastrop County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,743 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bastrop <4>
• Smithville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Smithville is located in Bastrop County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,664 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithville <4>
• Flatonia
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatonia
  • Flatonia is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flatonia <4>
• Waelder
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waelder
  • Waelder is located in Gonzales County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waelder <4>
• Rosanky
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosanky
  • Rosanky is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosanky <4>
• Delhi
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
  • Delhi is located in Caldwell County
• Jeddo
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeddo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
  • Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
• Pettytown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pettytown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
  • Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
• Red Rock
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Red Rock is located in Bastrop County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Rock <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 String Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for String Prairie.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for String Prairie ...

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

Adding String Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

We also found String Prairie in the book titled .<5> From that list, the String Prairie post office opened in 1886.

For more details, see References and Mentions for String Prairie.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for String Prairie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/