Welcome to Wilcox ...Wilcox is located Wilcox is located in Burleson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilcox, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. Wilcox is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Wilcox lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Wilcox: 979 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Wilcox: This one is located in Burleson County and the other is located in Gray County. Beyond Texas, there are 25 communities that are also named Wilcox - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Missouri, Nebraska (2), New York, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin (3) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wilcox. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wilcox. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wilcox. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wilcox. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wilcox. 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 Wilcox. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilcox. See our Newspapers Page for Wilcox. Looking for more information about Wilcox? 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 Wilcox, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wilcox. We originally found mention of Wilcox 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 (so far) for Wilcox was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilcox.
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