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Welcome to Thicket ...

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

Thicket is located in Hardin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thicket, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Thicket is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Thicket: 936

The ZIP code for Thicket: 77374<3>

Communities Also Named Thicket ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Thicket - it's located in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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

Communities near Thicket ...

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

  • Kountze
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Daisetta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Hardin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Bragg ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bragg is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
  • Fuqua ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fuqua is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuqua
  • Rye
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Batson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Big Thicket Creekmore Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Shade
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Oak Shade is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
  • Saratoga
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thicket ...

Looking for more information about Thicket? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Thicket, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Thicket.

Adding Thicket to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Thicket post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thicket.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hardin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thicket - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Thicket). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Thicket or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/