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Welcome to Sulphur ...

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

Sulphur is located in Bowie County<1>.

Sulphur is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sulphur: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Sulphur ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Sulphur: This one is located in Bowie County and the other is located in Trinity County.

Beyond Texas, there are 13 communities that are also named Sulphur - they are located in Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Sulphur ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sulphur ...

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

Adding Sulphur to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sulphur in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sulphur was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Sulphur in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sulphur.

Footnotes ...

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