Do you know of Tacoma ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Tacoma. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Tacoma.

Our sources for Tacoma (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Tacoma other than they indicate that Tacoma would be found somewhere in Panola County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1901 and closed  in 1936.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Tacoma ...

We found eight communities that share the name Tacoma.

Within Texas, the name Tacoma is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Colorado
    • La Plata County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Tacoma [La Plata County].
  • Florida
    • Alachua County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Tacoma [Alachua County].
  • Maine
    • Kennebec County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Tacoma [Kennebec County].
  • Nevada
    • Elko County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Tacoma [Elko County].
  • New York
    • Delaware County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Tacoma [Delaware County].
  • Ohio
    • Belmont County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Tacoma [Belmont County].
  • Virginia
    • Wise County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Tacoma [Wise County].
  • Washington
    • Pierce County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Tacoma [Pierce County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tacoma ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Tacoma:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Tacoma.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 48/71660   (Place Name: Tacoma)

County: Panola     (FIPS State/County: 48/365)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Tacoma) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Panola County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Panola County.