On March 1, 1848, the state legislature formed Hays County from territory formerly part of Travis County. It was named for John Coffee Hays of the Texas Rangers County organization and the designation of San Marcos as county seat gave impetus to settlement. The county shrank slightly on February 12, 1858, when it lost acreage to the new Blanco County and gained a portion of Comal County. On January 10, 1862, the legislature again transferred another small area to Blanco County. Boundaries remained stable for nearly a century, until resurvey of the Hays-Travis county line in 1955 added over 16,000 acres to Hays County. -Handbook of Texas Online: Hays County |
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| NOTE: This list contains all current post offices plus any discontinued post offices known to have had at least one precancel type, as listed in the Precancel Stamp Society's Town and Type Catalog of the United States and Territories, Sixth edition, Summer 1998, and from Fosters' personal knowledge. The precancel device(s) may or may not still exist. An * indicates a discontinued post office or name change. Links will be set up to individual precancel town pages when available. Pester these post offices so that devices can be retained or ordered. |
| Post Office | Zip / * | Established | first pre- cancels autho- rized | Discontinued | Notes |
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| Onion Creek * (1867-1881) | in Travis County, name changed to Dupree | ||||
| Dupree | * | 3/21/1881:Wheat | 8/25/1887:Wheat | name changed from Onion Creek from Travis Co, name changed to Buda | |
| BUDA | 78610 | 8/25/1887:Wheat | yes | operating | name changed from Dupree, Buda, 100 S Main St, M-F 8-5 Sat 8-12, 512-295-4241 |
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| Cedar Valley | 12/19/1872:Wheat | on or before 2/28/1881:Wheat | to Travis Co | ||
| Cedar Valley (1881-?) | in Travis County | ||||
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| DRIFTWOOD | 78619 | none | operating | ||
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| DRIPPING SPRINGS | 78620 | none | operating | ||
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| KYLE | 78640 | yes | operating | Main Office, 555 Rebel Rd, M-F 8:30-4:30, 512-268-5541 | |
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| San Marcos (1846-1853) | in Travis Co | ||||
| " | 9/9/1853:Wheat | 7/12/1861:Wheat | was in Travis Co | ||
| " | 7/12/1861:Wheat | 11/20/1865:Wheat | Confederate administration | ||
| SAN MARCOS | 78666 | 11/20/1865:Wheat | yes | operating | city in Hays-Caldwell Counties, post office in Hays County |
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| Uhland (1892-1893, 1900-1902) * | city in Hays-Caldwell Counties, post office was in Caldwell County | ||||
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| WIMBERLEY | 78676 | yes | operating | ||
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