Lincoln, Texas | |
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 Lincoln post office | |
  Lincoln Location in Texas  Lincoln Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 30°17′15″N 96°57′48″W / 30.28750°N 96.96333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Lee |
| Elevation | 371 ft (113 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 276 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 78948 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1339937[1] |
Lincoln is an unincorporated community in central Lee County, Texas, United States. It lies along Highway 21, north of the city of Giddings, the county seat of Lee County.[2] Although Lincoln is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78948.[3]
Lincoln was formerly named Evergreen. Evergreen was the home town of the infamous American Old West gunfighter Bill Longley.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lincoln, Texas
- ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 100.
- ^ Zip Code Lookup Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine