Welcome to Styx ...Styx is located Styx is located in Kaufman County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Styx, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. Styx is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Styx lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Styx - they are located in California and South Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Styx. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Styx. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Styx. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Styx. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Styx. 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 Styx. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Styx. See our Newspapers Page for Styx. Looking for more information about Styx? 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 Styx, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Styx. We originally found mention of Styx 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 Styx was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Styx.
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