Welcome to Watson ...
So far, we found very little information about Watson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Watson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Watson - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Watson, please Contact Us.
Watson was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).
While we don't have the exact location of Watson , we believe that it would have been located within present day Red River County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Watson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.
Time Zone: The area where Watson was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Watson was located: 903
Communities Also Named Watson ...
While we believe that this Watson is located in Red River County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Watson. Those communities are located in the following counties: Burnet and Comanche County.
Beyond Texas, there are 57 communities that are also named Watson - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (3), British Columbia, California (2), Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana (2), Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan, Tennessee (4), Utah (2), Virginia, West Virginia and Yukon.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Watson.
Adding Watson to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Watson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
X2X - From that list, the Watson post office opened in 1884.
We also found Watson in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Watson.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Watson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Red River, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |