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Welcome to Waneta ...

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

Waneta is located in Houston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waneta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Waneta is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Waneta: 936

Communities Also Named Waneta ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Waneta - they are located in British Columbia, Iowa, Kentucky and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Waneta ...

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

  • Crockett
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Rusk
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rusk is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,664 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rusk <3>
  • Grapeland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Elkhart
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Alto
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Alto is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,239 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <3>
  • Kennard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Latexo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Refuge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Refuge is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
  • Slocum
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Slocum is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
  • Weches
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Weches is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waneta ...

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

Adding Waneta to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waneta.

Footnotes ...

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