Welcome to Yard ...
So far, we found very little information about Yard. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Yard to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Yard, please Contact Us.
Yard was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).
Yard would have been located within present day Anderson County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Yard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Yard is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Yard was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Yard was located: 903 & 430<4>
Communities near Yard ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Yard.
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Cayuga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Massey Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Massey Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Lake
- Tennessee Colony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blackfoot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Ward
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ward is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Cross Roads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Harmony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Springfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Springfield is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
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 Yard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yard.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Yard. 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 Yard.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Yard. See our Newspapers Page for Yard.
Adding Yard to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Yard 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 Yard was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Yard.
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 Yard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Anderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Yard area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Yard area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
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