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Welcome to Thrifty ...

Thrifty is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Thrifty is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thrifty, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Thrifty is 1,430 feet [436 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Thrifty ...

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

  • Brownwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Coleman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Early
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bangs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Santa Anna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Brownwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lake Brownwood is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brownwood
  • Burkett
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ricker ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ricker is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricker
  • Cross Cut
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Cross Cut is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Cut
  • Trickham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Trickham is located in Coleman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickham
    • Former name for Trickham:
    • Trick'em

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thrifty ...

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

Adding Thrifty to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Thrifty 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 Thrifty was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thrifty.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Thrifty - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.