Welcome to Willow Point ...
Willow Point is located Willow Point is located in Wise County<1>. The location of Willow Point has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. A typical abbreviation for Willow Point: Willow Pt. Willow Point is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Willow Point lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Willow Point: (940) Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Willow Point - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Nevada, New York and Vermont. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Willow Point. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Willow Point. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Willow Point. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Willow Point. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Willow Point. 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 Willow Point. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Willow Point. See our Newspapers Page for Willow Point. Looking for more information about Willow Point? 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 Willow Point, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Willow Point. We originally found mention of Willow Point 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 Willow Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Willow Point in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Willow Point.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Willow Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Wise County: www.co.wise.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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From that list, the Willow Point post office opened in 1878.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <3> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willow Point - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/