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Welcome to Tours ...

Tours is located

Tours is located in McLennan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tours, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Tours is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Tours: 254

Communities Also Named Tours ...

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

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

Communities near Tours ...

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

  • Waco
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellmead
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hillsboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lacy - Lakeview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • West
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • West is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <3>
  • Mart
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Mart is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,983 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mart <3>
  • Beverly Hills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Beverly Hills is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,980 people
  • Northcrest
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Northcrest is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcrest
  • Hubbard
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gholson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tours ...

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

Adding Tours to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tours.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including McLennan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tours - 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.