Welcome to Venable ...

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

Venable is located in San Augustine County<1>.

The location of Venable has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Venable, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated ?.

Venable is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Venable is within the (936) area code.

Communities Also Named Venable ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Venable - they are located in Missouri, North Carolina (3) and Ohio.

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

Communities near Venable ...

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

• San Augustine
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Augustine
  • San Augustine is located in San Augustine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Augustine <4>
• Hemphill
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemphill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
  • Hemphill is located in Sabine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemphill <4>
• Pineland
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
  • Pineland is located in Sabine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pineland <4>
• Chireno
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chireno
  • Chireno is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chireno <4>
• Bronson
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
  • Bronson is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronson <4>
• Broaddus
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broaddus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broaddus
  • Broaddus is located in San Augustine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broaddus <4>
• Rebecca
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
  • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
• Rosevine
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
  • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
• Denning
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
  • Denning is located in San Augustine County
• Geneva
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Geneva is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Venable ...

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

Adding Venable to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Venable.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Venable. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/