Welcome to Truscott ...

Truscott is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Truscott is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Truscott, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Truscott is 1,520 feet [463 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Truscott: 940

Communities near Truscott ...

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

• Crowell
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Crowell is located in Foard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crowell <3>
• Benjamin
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Benjamin is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benjamin <3>
• Gilliland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Gilliland is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliland
• Foard City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Foard City is located in Foard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foard City
• Vera
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Vera is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera
• Margaret
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Margaret is located in Foard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
• Thalia
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Thalia is located in Foard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalia
• Knox City
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Knox City is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox City <3>
• Munday
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Munday is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munday
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,284 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munday <3>
• Red Springs
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Red Springs is located in Baylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Truscott ...

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

Adding Truscott to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Truscott 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 Truscott was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Truscott post office opened in 1889. The Truscott post office closed in 1989.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Truscott.