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Welcome to Telico ...

Telico is located

Telico is located in Ellis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Telico, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Telico is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Telico: 214, 469, 945 & 972<3>

Communities Also Named Telico ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Telico - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Telico ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Telico ...

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

Adding Telico to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Telico post office opened in 1894. The Telico post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Telico.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Ellis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Telico - 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 214 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 469, 945 or 972. New phone numbers in the Telico area will be assigned with one of these codes: 214, 469, 945 or 972. As a result, placing a call in the Telico 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/