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Era, Texas
 | Where is Era, Texas?Era, Texas is located at Latitude 33.497981 and Longitude -97.302418. Era is in the Central (GMT -06:00) time zone. Telephone area codes in Era include 940. This hometown does use daylight savings time. Era, Texas is situated in Cooke County. Cooke County has an average elevation of 730 feet. Please explore this site for detailed population, demographic and housing data for Era, Texas and Cooke County. |
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Era, Texas History, Genealogy and Trivia
Located in a fertile farming region, Era, Texas was settled in the 1870s. Merchant N.J. Gist (1827- 1893) platted the townsite. The post office was opened in 1881 and named for Era Hargroves (1875-1880), daughter of an elderly resident. The village soon had a blacksmith shop, cotton gin, hotel, several stores, and three churches. Era Institute was chartered in 1897 with primary through college level classes. Among the town's prominent citizens was Robert E. Thomason (1879-1973), U.S. Congressman and Federal Judge. Era won first place in the Texas Community Improvement Program in 1973.
Era, Texas Zip Codes
Postal Station Type: Post Office
Latitude: 33.484959 Longitude: -97.314919
Zip Code Classification: Non-Unique