Nolan | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Texas |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nolan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 2493 |
Coordinates: | 32.2736°N -100.2425°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 79537 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1342642 |
Nolan is an unincorporated community in southeastern Nolan County, Texas, United States. It lies along FM 126 southeast of the city of Sweetwater, the county seat of Nolan County.[1] Its elevation is 2,493 feet (760 m), which happens to be the average elevation of the United States. Although Nolan is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 79537;[2] the ZCTA for ZIP Code 79537 had a population of 94 at the 2000 census.[3]
Nolan was founded in 1928 as a union of two communities: a previous Nolan (to the west), and Dora (to the east).[4]