Welcome to Veach ...

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

Veach is located in San Augustine County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Veach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1916.

Veach is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Veach: 936

Communities near Veach ...

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

• Pineland
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Pineland is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pineland <3>
• Zavalla
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Zavalla is located in Angelina County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zavalla
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zavalla <3>
• Bronson
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bronson is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronson <3>
• Browndell
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Browndell is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
• Broaddus
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Broaddus is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broaddus
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broaddus <3>
• Zana ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Zana is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
• Parker Point
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
• Powell
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Powell is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
• Harveytown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
• Brookeland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookeland is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookeland
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookeland <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Veach ...

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

Adding Veach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Veach in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Veach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Veach post office opened in 1916. The Veach post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Veach.