Welcome to Watterson ...Watterson is located Watterson is located in Bastrop County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Watterson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. Watterson is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Watterson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Watterson - it's located in Iowa. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Watterson. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Watterson. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Watterson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Watterson. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Watterson. 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 Watterson. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Watterson. See our Newspapers Page for Watterson. Looking for more information about Watterson? 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 Watterson, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Watterson. We originally found mention of Watterson 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 Watterson was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
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